“The thing that stood out above and beyond all the experiences was this relationship with the nine-month-old baby. On weekends, I’d be thinking about going back to set on Monday just to see the baby.”

When you come onto the set, everything should be focused around your character and you should stay in the pocket, as much as possible. Every actor has their own process. For me, I really need to stay in the pocket.

It would be flattering to call it a modern Dirty Harry, but I think this film deals more with the loss of his wife than the traditional revenge vigilante films.

We all deal with being unfairly judged.

It wasn’t until I went to college and I got my first motorcycle that I understood the thrill of speed.

IT don’t matter if you win by an inch or a milewinning is winning!!

I could care less about being an action actor like Stallone or Schwarzenegger.

Nothing comes easy when I’m in character, because everything I do in character, I take seriously.

Most of my confidence came from being with ladies, because I certainly wasn’t getting any acting jobs.

If you believe in the project, you have to support it.

I would love to do more science fiction. I always envisioned the Riddick franchise as a continuing mythology, so I always imagined that there would be many other films to follow.

I think there’s something we all relate to about wanting to get to our most primal self.

I’m a New Yorker. I always have issues with trust – you adopt it from being a New Yorker.

We’ve come a long way, from where we’ve been. I’ll tell you all about it when I see you again.

They say the open road helps you think. About where you’ve been and where you’re going.

Career diversification ain’t a bad thing.

My mother gave me this book called Feature Films at Used Car Prices by a guy named Rick Schmidt. I gotta credit the guy, cuz he gave me the most practical advice. It empowers you.

Everything I write is based on true story. So now I’m just experiencing things and letting the songs come to me.

An experience is richest not talked of.

I am a saviour, I let you see what is to be shown, I don’t let people walk all over me now.

These students are courageous and this is an experience they will never forget, They held on to hope and had the strength and determination to survive.

To him who has had the experience no explanation is necessary, to him who has not, none is possible.

Statesmanship is developed in the hard knocks of general experience, private and public.

Just because you are seeing divine light, experiencing waves of bliss, or conversing with Gods and Goddesses is no reason to not know your zip code.

It is important to expect nothing, to take every experience, including the negative ones, as merely steps on the path, and to proceed.