My overnight success was really 15 years in the making. I'd been writing songs since I was 6 and playing in bands and performing since I was 14.

Nearly all monster stories depend for their success on Jack killing the Giant Beowulf or St. George slaying the Dragon Harry Potter triumphing over the basilisk. That is their inner grammar and the whole shape of the story leads towards it.

Success in life comes not from holding a good hand but in playing a poor hand well.

The strength of the playing ability is much more important. Only if the strength of the opponent's playing ability is comparable does the game develop.

There's so much with my character in 'Dredd' that I identify with. She's my favorite character I think I've ever played. She's the most dynamic and fascinating woman that I could even imagine playing so I love her. What I love about her is that her sensitivity is her greatest strength.

Zealous men are ever displaying to you the strength of their belief while judicious men are showing you the grounds of it.

I think that people who have played sports have an ability to relate to people because when you're playing you have to work on teams and with opposing players.

I'm pretty quiet. But I love to play sports. I like playing all sports. I'll act goofy at times around my wife and my son around my own family. I like to have fun in general.

I started playing baseball and soccer. Those were my sports on the streets and in school when I was growing up. I didn't even start playing basketball until I was 14.

I grew up playing sports football basketball baseball everything and acting was such a different environment and different world for me.