Every man goes through a period of thinking they’re attracted to another guy.
I like the conscious manipulation that a great director can have. When you’re both complicit in the manipulation of an emotion.
I think it’s important for every man to find the right woman and every woman to find the right man.
I like the idea of the adventurer’s spirit. I think that is very much what a man searches for, in a certain way.
I want, overall, to trust what I know is right. There have been many times when I haven’t.
Dad, I may not be the best, but I come to believe that I got it in me to be somebody in this world. And it’s not because I’m so different from you either. It’s because I’m the same. I mean, I can be just as hard-headed, and just as tough. I only hope I can be as good a man as you.
I had not spent a ton of time around animals as a kid.
I love ‘Training Day’ – that’s a great movie.
I love movies that are saying things that people might find odd at times. I don’t find them odd at all. They give me comfort.
I think you hear a lot of people say ‘I support the troops’ and all of that, but I really feel deeply that I do.
I think, now, younger generations do take that for granted in a lot of ways. I don’t think that takes away from the struggle of identity and what that is. But the struggle for identity is everybody’s struggle. No matter what it is.
My experience on ‘Jarhead’ was life changing.
My mum and dad are pretty amazing chefs and they spent most of my childhood cooking really extravagant things for my sister and me.
The truth is most of the films that make a lot of money no one remembers, and I’m not interested in making films that no one remembers.
You know, it’s flattering when there’s a rumor that says I’m bisexual. It means I can play more kinds of roles. I’m open to whatever people want to call me. I’ve never really been attracted to men sexually, but I don’t think I would be afraid of it if it happened.
I fooled around with Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams got pregnant.
When I was young, before school, my father would wake me up and we would go running together. A love of being physical, being active and being outside was something he instilled in me.
Sometimes love is calm and easy and sometimes it’s just plain dirty.
As much as I am one for real human interaction, I also want to make a show that’s entertaining and that people want to see.
I don’t think I’m sharp enough to not prepare and come on set and kill it.