We're both [with Mark Wahlberg] capable of being sarcastic, vicious, violent lunatics, but we hold each other in check, appeal to the best aspects of….

You know to me, being a good actor, the most important quality is you've got to love to play, and to just be open to anything..

Be really picky with your hiring, and hire the absolute best people you possibly can. People are the most important component of almost every busines….

I somewhere along the way became fascinated with exploring characters who are willing to put themselves into violent situations, whether it's footbal….

You might make a lot of money, but it's very hard to get out from under that rug. The more you can reinvent yourself, the better - and unfortunately ….

There's a picture of the real Coach Gary Gaines in the book and he's sitting in the locker room after a game, and he just looks so much like Billy Bo….

I believe that anything in this world is fair game for a creative exercise..

There's no hidden agenda, no political agenda [in Patriots Day]. The only politics we were really talking about was the politics of community, the po….

You're in the middle of making a movie and this part of the process is always very interesting. Because you think what you're making your movie is an….

It's always an interesting sort of adventures that gets someone into a movie..

I was in New York 9/11. Mark's [Wahlberg] from Boston, flew there immediately after. I was in Nice Bastille Day when the truck drove through and kill….

Clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose..

I try to preload as little as I can. I like to come to the set with minimal preparation..

Truth is, we offered it to Tom Hanks, which pretty much every movie in America does, but Tom passed. Billy Bob said that Hanks recently called and sa….

I've spent enough time with soldiers to know that once they get to know you and they loosen up and become themselves, they are some of the biggest ha….

Hollywood is not stupid, contrary to popular belief; it's really a lot of intelligent people trying to figure things out..

I've had great success and I've had catastrophic failure. It's really how you handle the rough stuff that defines you, I think..

Michael Mann's always been one of my heroes..

Working with composers often is a really frustrating experience because you speak a different language and, oftentimes, they take two or three jobs, ….

To get audiences to go see a film is a completely separate issue..

One of the challenges assembling the film was that gun fight went on for three and a half hours and we obviously couldn't spend three and a half hour….