As barbaric is we are, it's a miracle we haven't blown ourselves off the face of the earth so far.
I begin to think, that a calm is not desirable in any situation in life. Man was made for action and for bustle too, I believe.
I've always been a huge fan of the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' movies.
When you make your first film at 47 and anybody but your mother goes to see it, to me, that's a miracle.
I had no intention of becoming a performer, and yet under miraculous circumstances I was brought into the music industry fold. If divine powers hadn't intervened, I'd still be living in China working in some area of Sino-American comparative law.
The science of psychology has been far more successful on the negative than on the positive side... It has revealed to us much about man's shortcomings, his illnesses, his sins, but little about his potentialities, his virtues, his achievable aspirations, or his psychological health.
This is just rap. I'm not trying to make people think I'm some sort of scientific wizard or inspirational poet.
You have to consume Fig Newtons with either milk or an alternative milk product. It's like a conspiracy with the dairy industry. They're in cahoots.
I do a lot of inspirational talks for kids, to motivate them to change their lives and give them hope.
Acting has made me embrace my childhood. It's become some weird form of therapy. It's like I have a place where I can release all of these emotions. When I was playing Ira Hayes, I didn't have to think about the death of my parents directly. It's just there. I can blend it into Ira's character. I can use Ira's emotions as an outlet.
