There is nothing like having to change your physical form to put you in contact with every weak part of yourself, to train yourself in discipline. Put somebody on a treadmill and I’ll tell you how good they are at any other thing they do in life.
Part of being an actor is almost self-hypnosis during those brief moments when the cameras are rolling. You want to actually believe you’re Chris Gardner or Muhammad Ali.
I can’t run away when I’m scared. I always have to attack. That’s how I deal with seemingly difficult things.
One of my teachers used to call me Prince, because I always had a way of charming myself in and out of different situations.
I like to look good, but I like my body to function well more than anything. For me, it’s as spiritual and intellectual as it is physical. And emotional. I enjoy pushing myself.
You play a part in every aspect of your life going the way you want or not going the way that you want. It has very little to do with other people.
When you find things that are tried and true for millennia, you can bet that it’s going to happen tomorrow.
You are who you associate with. Look around at your five closest friends and that’s who you are. If you don’t want to be that person, you know what you gotta do.
So to really be able to dive into what does it mean to be broken by an experience, and I developed it just through research and talking and understanding the truth of what it means to lose everything.
Being realistic is the most commonly traveled road to mediocrity. Why would you be realistic? What’s the point of being realistic? I’m going to do it. It’s done. It’s already done. The second I decide it’s done, it’s already done.
I’ve always been the goofy kid. Growing up, I always enjoyed the comedic aspect of relating to women. Even on camera, it was always the funny take on it.
You have to make every group you come in contact with better.
We didn’t grow up with the sense that where we were was where we were gonna be. We grew up with the sense that where we were almost didn’t matter, because we will be becoming something greater.
I’m motivated by fear. Fear of fear. I hate being scared to do something. And I think what developed in my early days was the attitude that I started attacking things that I was scared of.
I believe you need to be educated about what you want to do in life, but I don’t believe you actually need college to get you there.
Thomas Jefferson was a real poet. He was slick with that ‘pursuit’ of happiness because the ‘pursuit’ puts it back on you.
My grandmother used to always say, ‘People need to be worth something.’
What people are perceiving will dictate what their life and ultimately what your interaction is.
Give me a problem, I’ll give you a solution. I just love living. That’s a feeling you can’t fake. I’m glad every single day. I think that even the camera can feel that I’m a happy man.
I met my father for the first time when I was 28 years old. I made up my mind that when I had children, my children were going to know who their father was.