The arts tend to be more liberal. There tends to be more social relevance in the arts.

It is better to be 'sexy' than 'not sexy'

I'm from Texas, and I would love to do an old-fashioned gun-slinging Western.

I get nervous around girls for the first time. Once I'm in, I can take the reins and go. It's just the initial approach I'm really bad at.

I love the smell of shampoo on a girl's hair. You can walk past someone and be like, 'Wow, you took a shower this morning, didn't you? Because you smell lovely.'

I consider myself a non-denominational Christian. I grew up in a Bible church and still hold those beliefs very close to me.

There are just certain things that turn my head. It may be a girl's sense of humor, it may be her wit, or her belief system; it could be a lot of different things.

I like chocolate because it's chocolatey!

I used to be scared of uncertainty; now I get a high out of it.

I'm not Mr. Debonair Suave. I'm just a regular boy who goofs around, pulls pranks, and makes jokes. That doesn't sound very hot to me.

At Casablanca we did 'Midnight Express,' 'Flashdance,' and 'The Deep.' My willingness for risk has always been my strength.

I've worked with Jack Warner and Jimmy Stewart - and Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, and Johnny Depp twice. I've had dinners with Fred Astaire and Cary Grant.

Most young people haven't used their storytelling skills since they were 8 or 9 or 10 and wanted to persuade Mom and Dad to take them to the ball game.

A German shepherd dog could walk in the office with a script in his mouth, and if that script was really good, they'd buy the script.

Use state-of-the-heart technology online and offline to turn listeners into viral advocates and customers into raving fans.

Are you motivated? Are you coherent? Is your intention aligned? Are your feet, tongue, heart and wallet congruent? That intention shines through.

The Internet is an audience of one, a million times over.

Miss the audience's heart as a filmmaker, and the only wallet that gets hit will be your own. That's because the heart is always the first target in story telling.

Every journey that is successful has culs-de-sac and speed bumps. I carry a wisdom gene through my life through the good, the bad, and the ugly.