Well, if you look at the whole story, I mean there’s only Jews and Romans in the story. I mean I just wanted to flesh that character out and make that a drama about the people around Christ when he was going through this passion.
I did a lot of crazy things so I’m surprised to be alive.
My whole approach to wardrobe is, throw it in a suitcase and make sure they don’t press it, for Pete’s sake, so I can try to display some rumpled charm. Actually, I’m just a pig. I’ve got coffee stains on my pants. I think they’re coffee stains, anyway.
You know what happens when you don’t take a risk? Nothing.
You can’t live up to what people expect. Nobody can. But I guess that’s my problem, not theirs.
My dad taught me my faith, and I believe what he taught me. The man never lied to me in his life.
There has to be some kind of order and some moral code. I don’t know how people can function without a belief in a deity.
There is no salvation for those outside the Church.
What did one shepherd say to the other shepherd? Let’s get the flock out of here.
I’m not a preacher and I’m not a pastor. But I really feel my career was leading me to make this. The Holy Ghost was working through me on this film, and I was just directing traffic. I hope the film has the power to evangelize.
It freshens your breath and helps prevent tartar.
My hope is that this movie will affect people on a very profound level and reach them with a message of faith, hope, love and forgiveness.
A good conspiracy is unprovable. I mean, if you can prove it, it means they screwed up somewhere along the line.
People always ask me to list my greatest accomplishments, expecting me to rattle off a bunch of movies I’ve made, but what I’m proudest of is my kids.
My father told me very early on that it was a sin to worry too much.
The thing we’re all looking for is happiness, and if we achieve just a modicum of that or even a little piece of serenity even for five minutes a day, we’re very lucky.
I got a chiropractor to come along to the Patriot shoot, because they can actually stick you back together within 15 minutes. He spent a week and worked on the entire crew. All the stunt guys were like, ‘Oh, fix my disc.’ The guy’s amazing.
It’s all happening too fast. I’ve got to put the brakes on or I’ll smack into something.
What I’m doing is making an action-adventure film of mythic proportions.
My family means more to me than the artificial trappings of my career. If ever I had to choose between my career and my family, the wife and kids would definitely come out on top.
All men die. Only a few ever live.