Me Quotes
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When I wrote 'The Da Vinci Code,' I told myself that this story of Jesus makes more sense to me than the story I read in the Bible.
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It was my mother who got me involved in gymnastics, sending me to classes when I was six just to stop me doing back flips on the couch and destroying the furniture.
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The only time a friend has ever helped me in the industry was how I got my first job - that was through Mike Figgis.
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A lot of artists go in the studio and say, 'OK, whaddaya want me to do? Is it gonna be a hit? I'll do it. Is it gonna get played on the radio? I'll do it.' So they start makin' these songs, and they fall in the same tempo, same category, same this, same that, and it'll just all sound the same.
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I don't really approach a character as to whether or not it's good or bad. I just approach a character as to where it lives in me.
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That was the big effect Lord of the Rings had on me. It was discovering New Zealand. And even more precious were the people- not at all like the Australians.
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People always ask me if I'm nervous about the intense sci-fi fans. To me that doesn't seem weird or scary. I get really intense about my favorite sci-fi shows, my favorite shows in general.
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The experience of making a movie is far removed from watching the end result. It's exciting, but it still makes me squirm.
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I didn't volunteer; they asked me. I felt a duty to testify.
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Where the work goes, I go. Wherever adulation occurs, that's where you'll find me.
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Sports of every sort had always appealed to me.
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I can never let the guy across from me be in better shape. I have to be the best-conditioned guy.
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Years ago the public used to hound me but now I can go shopping in peace.
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I want Prince to see something I do and call me and ask me to be on an album or if I want to dance!
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I have never had a man give me money. I've always been the provider. I have always been the one who went out and earned, and I've never felt unequal in that way.
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During my life, I have had a few nightmares which happened to me while I was wide awake. One of them was the National Republican Convention in San Francisco, which produced the greatest disaster the Republican Party has ever known - Nominee Barry Goldwater.
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My coach told me if I broke the national record for the 200, I could run a 100.
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I do it as a therapy. I do it as something to keep me alive. We all need a little discipline. Exercise is my discipline.
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It's become a habit to make films where the father is absent. My father impresses me, but the father figure does not.
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As an actor, you try and be cool, but one of the reasons you become an actor is because you're a film fan. And then you're like, 'Oh my God, Ridley Scott just spoke to me!'
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I went to University of Illinois team camp. And that was a big deal for me. I got MVP of the camp, but they offered another kid from the camp, which was fine. I laughed with the couple coaches I know who were there at the time, who were part of recruiting the other guy.
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After I'd hit a home run and took my position in the field, the fans in the bleachers began throwing packages of tobacco at me. I stuffed them in my pocket.
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To me, the series was the end of the actor, when the series ended.
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For me, I always try to make it to the final.
