If I don’t talk about my religion, if I say I’m not discussing it or different humanitarian things I’m working on, they’re like, ‘He’s avoiding it.’ If I do talk about it, it becomes, ‘Oh, he’s proselytizing.’
I would live with all of my sisters if I could. We’ve always been very close, my sisters and me.
If you have kids, it is the most important thing to create good times.
I want a world without war, a world without insanity. I want to see people do well. I don’t even think it’s as much as what I want for myself. It’s more what I want for the people around me. That’s what I want.
There is Life in every breath...
Every single time I start to do a picture, without fail, I feel as if I don’t know what I’m doing.
They smell good. They look pretty. I love women. I do.
I’ll never forget the moment I became a dad. It’s hard to describe-that level of responsibility, the desire to give such joy, the clarity: Nothing is more important than this.
I’m not greedy. I just want my half.
My name is Joel Goodson. I deal in human fulfillment. I grossed over eight thousand dollars in one night.
My childhood was extremely lonely. I was dyslexic and lots of kids make fun of me. That experience made me tough inside, because you learn to quietly accept ridicule.
Everybody dies, Sally. The thing is to die well.
I’ve never done work for money, ever. If your choices are based on grosses and the film doesn’t do well, what does that mean? It leaves you with nothing.
I have cooked turkeys in my day but when Mom’s around I let her do it.
It seems to me that if there were any logic to our language, trust would be a four letter word.
I always look for a challenge and something that’s different.
Even in my dreams, I’m an idiot who knows he’s about to wake up to reality.
Here’s how I’ve lived my life: I’ve never been late to a set. I make films I believe in. I feel privileged to be able to do what I love.
I don’t care who you are, life has challenges.
The exciting part of acting, I don’t know how else to explain it, are those moments when you surprise yourself.