It’s all happening too fast. I’ve got to put the brakes on or I’ll smack into something.
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.
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.