Whenever you're the child of a famous person, you get judged in odd ways because of that.

I have no lucky charm. I am 100 percent superstition-free, and I take nothing for granted.

That's one of the cool things about fame. You have an affect on society and where it goes.

I love John Irving's stuff. It's that marriage of comedy and tragedy. It's really terrific.

My mother and my father were very nurturing and wonderful examples of how to live your life.

My brother's my teacher, my mentor, and we both learnt all the acting basics from our father.

I have a cycle that is not particularly cool, but it's a cycle: trash myself to reward myself.

Fame really works against actors, in a way, because our anonymity is a wonderful thing for us.

I'd done about 10 movies before I decided I wanted to make acting the main thrust of my career.

Like most kids, you don't want to do what your folks want you to do. You've got your own thing.

Myths are wonderful - they really tell the stories that connect all of us and teach us so much.

It's not enough just to treat women well. We have to work to make sure all men treat women well.

You know, ballet might be too formal of a title for the type of dance I do, but I love to dance.

The hoopla with all the award season is kind of mind-boggling. It kind of puts you on your heels.

It's a wonderful metaphor, catching a wave, for how you can look at other challenges in your life.

As far as 3-D goes, I don't know if that will stay very long because things are moving so rapidly.

Your part can be the king, but unless people are treating you like royalty, you ain't no king, man.

The wonderful thing about acting is that you can use all of your talents and interests in your work.

I've got a closet full of tuxes, and I appreciate that, because one thing I don't like to do is shop.

I look at the camera as sort of a missing link between motion picture photography and still photography.

Unlike a lot of actors, my father encouraged all his kids to go into show business. He loved it so much.

The more nervous you get, the more worried you get about something... Maybe you just need to take a nap.

I hate it when there's a good movie, someone overhypes it and I'm disappointed that I don't like it more.

I think we're all hooked, I feel my own hook-ness on immediate gratification you know. I want what I want.

That's one of the things that's great about acting. You can play all the different aspects of a human being.

If some crazy idea stays in my head for long enough, then there's no fighting it. I just say, Okay, let's go.

Live like you're already dead, man. Have a good time. Do your best. Let it all come ripping right through you.

I'm pretty critical of myself as far as reaching some sort of perfect bull's-eye or target that I'm aiming for.

The way to change the world is through individual responsibility and taking local action in your own community.

My father, he really encouraged me to really get into acting. He loved it so much, and he taught all the basics.

"The Big Lebowski" is a real masterpiece, as far as I'm concerned. I suppose I'm a bit biased because I'm in it.

My m.o. as far as choosing projects is I really try not to work. I try to not do the scripts that are offered me.

I don't know how it is for women or for other guys, but when I was young and in my 20s, I had a fear of marriage.

So I have this word for much of what I do in life: 'plorking.' I'm not playing and I'm not working, I'm plorking.

I've worked with a lot of kids, and when you're working with kids they have certain hours that they have to work.

Do I have a long-term plan? Kind of. I have a general direction, I think. But it's funny what comes down the pike.

I think it would really be more like 10 films before I locked in and said, "Yeah, I'm really gonna do this thing."

I remember being on a black-and-white set all day and then going out into daylight and being amazed by the colour.

I was loving music, and loving art, painting, so I was considering those things, but I must say I dug acting as well.

Myths are wonderful tools that we've had, oh, for eons now that help us navigate the situations we find ourselves in.

I don't think I ever went down that movie star path. I always enjoy taking a 90-degree turn from the last thing I did.

I'm also working closely with a group called the Amazon Conservation Team, helping with the rainforest in South America.

It's wrong to rob banks, yeah, but is it right for banks to loan people money, knowing full well they can't pay it back?

The more space and emptiness you can create in yourself, then you can let the rest of the world come in and fill you up.

I look back at my filmography, and I'm pretty jazzed with the stuff I've been part of. They're all movies I'd like to see.

There are so many things that pop up. If you are paying attention, you can learn every second of the day. Life is my guru.

I am a product of nepotism. I don't think I would have had the profession that I'm in currently... if it wasn't for my dad.

Any role that big is going to be a challenge for any actor, but for an actor of a young age, it's going to be even tougher.

My mother and my father were very nurturing and wonderful examples of how to live your life. I really had a cool foundation.

All of this high-tech stuff is supposed to set us free and make life easier. To me, it makes it more difficult and demanding.

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