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I see religion more as a truck stop on your way to figuring out who you are.
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That's the most important thing to me - that if I'm gonna spend however long it takes to make a movie, give up 14 hours a day for however many weeks or months, then it's very important for me to know that I'm working with people who I respect and enjoy and that we're going for something together.
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In some ways, I'm still a kid from Missouri and Oklahoma, and I'm trying to find my way.
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Plan B is really a little garage band of three people, and our mandate has been to help get difficult material, that might not otherwise get made, to the screen and to work with directors we respect.
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I grew up very religious, and I don't have a great relationship with religion.
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It's hard to be surprised by a film. It's hard to be surprised by another actor or by a director when you've seen enough and been around. So when I am, or when I forget that I'm watching someone's movie, or when I don't know how someone made a certain turn that I didn't expect . . . You know, I'm in.
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When you first get opportunities, suddenly you get surrounded by a lot of people who want to make money off you but also are there to help. But they start telling you so much what you need to be and what you need to do to maintain some idea of career maintenance.
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Given a chance, I would like to work with Aishwarya Rai Bachchan because she's a versatile actor.
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You hear stories of intense actors who can't shed their character and who don't know who they are for a week or two after. I'm not that guy, man.
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I grew up in Oklahoma and Missouri, and I just loved film. My folks would take us to the drive-in on summer nights, and we'd sit on the hood of the car. I just had this profound love for storytelling.
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I've always been at war with myself, for right or wrong.
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At the end of the day, we get to be parents, greeting our lovely, crazy children and talking about their day, making sure they brush their teeth, so all the tension from our day is tabled... until the next.
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Family - and certainly kids and a stable relationship - is something bigger than yourself. They need you to sit down with them, be there for them when they wake up in the middle of the night.
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I'd say that 'Tree of Life' is not a Christian so much as a spiritual film.
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I tell all the young guys, don't make choices because somebody else is telling you it's good from a career-maintenance perspective.
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I have a hard time with morals. All I know is what feels right, what's more important to me is being honest about who you are. Morals I get a little hung up on.
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You can't be different for different's sake, and this doesn't always work, but you have to separate yourself from the normal read. Of course, it has to be truthful. If it's not truthful, don't waste your time.
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I'm one of those people you hate because of genetics. It's the truth.
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There are no Hallmark cards that define the next chapter, or the value of a history together.
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I keep hearing I'm a crazy party guy … I'm not. I'm boring... At least by party standards.
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What's valuable to me has become clearer as I've got older. To me, it's about the value of your time and your day and the value of the people you spend it with.
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I've been no stranger to change.
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Being married means I can break wind and eat ice cream in bed.
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I die really well, by the way. It's one of my strong points. I just take a bullet well.