I think the only thing harder for a parent is having to sit down and watch you do a dying scene. I've died in three films, and my mom begs me, "Just ….

I've always romanticized the late '40s and '50s - the cars, jazz, the open roads and lack of pollution. Now there are more vehicles, less hitchhikers….

I remember telling my creative writing teacher that you never want to have a journal, because if you lose it, then someone's going to know all your s….

Yeah, I know a lot of soldiers. I know soldiers who don't like to hear thank you for your service. And I know soldiers that do like to be told thank ….

I had done chorus before in school, but I was only trying for an easy A. I was a bass going 'dum dum da doo wop..

I'm not good at chatting right away. Women have to be very patient with me, I suppose..

Every once in a while we remember that life is short, and to appreciate the time with your friends and family, and to be open to have beautiful excit….

I've always had a longstanding dream, ever since I was a kid, where I was running on a big lake of ice and I kept running and kept running, just abou….

I remember driving the tractor on our farm, and Tim McGraw would be on the radio. I'd find myself walking out of class, singing his songs. And then T….

I'd mortgage any house for art..

It's funny that I got to do 'On the Road' because the thing that had the biggest impact on me growing up was reading books. I was very inspired by th….

Growing up, I would watch a movie on video and would go to the back of the VHS and locate the address for Universal Pictures or MGM or whatever. I'd ….

Anybody that wants to walk out that door and leave home for a few months and rely on themselves instead of fate might have some interesting stories t….

You look at what interests a person and then you formulate what their opinions are, in terms of how they see the world, and how they see love and lif….

In my experience, the best directors I've worked with hired people for a purpose. They hire them with trust. There's not many notes. There's confiden….

Especially for me, growing up in such a small town in the middle of nowhere, the desire to be away was incredible. I wanted to see new lands, meet ne….

Kerouac was the cowboy that inspired the whole Beat Generation, and highlighted and put the spotlight on all of these minds that didn't really know w….

In the present time you don't really establish what you're going through, but after time it's declared something. Right now there could be some write….

For me, and this may not be everybody, but because I do love country music so much, there's such a feeling of home in Nashville, especially because i….

It's funny - I read that women look to chiseled-faced guys for one-night stands, and to round-faced guys for marriage. When I'm rounder in the face, ….

I used to be sick of the backroads of Minnesota. I had to drive 30 miles to get home every day, take the schoolbus for two hours. But to drive throug….