I do whatever I need to do to get into character. Sometimes it's being incredibly quiet, and sometimes it's being loose and goofy.
I always believed that whatever had to be written would somehow get itself written.
No one wants to see me struggling to get a horse under control because I can't ride it. And no one wants to see me not knowing how to deal with the psychological makeup of the character.
There have been so many people that have come up and embraced me as an example of what it's like to face something tough and just get up the next day and keep pushing.
But, I didn't get my first break until I was 17.
The No Child Left Behind Program was an incentive to the schools to get their kids up to snuff on math and science and reading.
The biggest impact I can have for what I want to do, the results I want to have with what God's given me, is to help as many people as possible get to heaven.
If have to undergo preschool safety checks every morning, why does a random thug get to own an assault rifle?
We don't get too nervous for too may things, but on television a few million people are sitting there watching. Definitely a lot more nerves.
I don't know, I think people who meet me just get pretty much what I am.
I think that as you get older, you learn to live in yourself more securely.
I compared pooh-poohers of the movies to the myopics who used to holler, 'Get a horse!' when an early automobile exploded by.
I enjoy catching our show whenever I can. It does get very weird to watch myself, it's always been that way, but at the same time, it's part of my job to see what kind of job I'm doing and to get a perspective on where I'm taking the character.
It was amazing to watch him in the darkroom at an advanced age, still get excited when the results were pleasing. He still struggled like we all do in the darkroom and he struggled behind the camera, and when he had a success he was beaming.
In MMA it's a lot less intimidating because it's not like you get one shot at a title every four years. You get a title shot every couple of months... With the Olympics, you don't always have this, so there is so much more pressure involved.
The mainstream media doesn't want to get into this because they don't want to know where this one goes.
My dream role would probably be a psycho killer, because the whole thing I love about movies is that you get to do things you could never do in real life, and that would be my way of vicariously experiencing being a psycho killer. Also, it's incredibly romantic.
As for poker, I've stayed away from that, even though when I was in Vegas for Ocean's Eleven, I would get accosted by these guys begging me to play. They just want to take my money. They see me, think 'actor' and see some easy money.
Whatever I can do to win, I'll do it, even if I have to get hit by a pitch, whatever it takes.
If the shot is going to be epic, if it's going to be awesome, and to make it epic and awesome you have to hit the ground and possibly hurt yourself, I choose to hit the ground and possibly hurt myself. Because in my silly stunt man mind, an epic shot that lives forever on film, I'll get over it in a couple of months!
The whole Bible is the story of men and women trying to get back to God, to overcome that sin with sacrifices, good works, sermons, prophesy, witnessing, giving all kinds of things. It never worked.
You're not allowed to write about me if you haven't seen 'The Shawshank Redemption.' See it and then get back to me.
To me, the stand up part in my life is great. I know I can do that. When I get an acting chance, I'm really thrilled.
I'd say specifically after 'Get Smart,' people now know me either as The Guy from 'Get Smart' or 'She's Out of My League.' When that came out on DVD, everyone was recognizing me from that.
I learned some valuable lessons about the legislative process, the importance of bipartisan cooperation and the wisdom of taking small steps to get a big job done.
I couldn't get an acting job to save my life when I moved to L.A.
Wars tend to be very public things, they are visible. There are correspondents traveling with the troops and you get daily dispatches.
Let's be honest, I don't think anyone ever wants to settle down in Hollywood - it's a place you go to work. And once you've hit it, you get out of there as soon as you can. It's definitely not a place you want to get married and have kids.
Rewriting is a large part of the whole job. And get rid of stuff that's not working. Just pare it down until it's a beautiful thing you can hand in, probably late, to your editor.
I think it's rare to get on a show that lasts.
You can't get mad at weather because weather's not about you. Apply that lesson to most other aspects of life.
Those who know me would say I'm a passionate and hard-working mom and a community leader who knows how to get things done.
If I have to get into a bikini, then I eat carrot sticks for three days.
Because I get nervous all the time. It's weird but I think it's fun and it's refreshing. It's always good to be that way. That keeps me appreciative of everything.
Am I a household name? I still can't get my head around that.
I don't feel like I've hit my stride. So I wonder what the moment will be when I get to be who I want to be.
