I think I've always been half out of my shell and half in. Sometimes I can be extremely wild and sometimes I can be extremely shy. It just depends on the day.
Maybe you will be afraid and maybe you will fail, but the courage to take risks in any part of your life is, I feel, a very worthwhile way to live.
When I got a lap dance, because I was 17, they had to put a massive pillow between me and the girl when she was grinding me. It was weird, yet pleasurable.
I know what wanting and craving adventure feels like, I can really relate to that.
I identify with someone wanting something to work out, but not being able to get through the rocks to the river.
Believing in yourself you gain confidence, which allows you to relax. Relaxation is one of the most important parts about acting.
I'm sort of like a rat in a maze - I'm moving forward, and any choice I make at the time seems like the only one I can make.
The willingness to keep learning is, I think, the most important thing about trying to be good at anything. You never want to stop learning.
When you're reading Thoreau you look at Hollywood differently, let me tell ya!
As far as dieting and weight loss go, diet and exercise actually works. Lots of running and healthy eating.
I don't have an interest in any car that isn't good for the environment, other than maybe an aesthetic quality in a picture book.
A lot of the stuff in 'Speed Racer' has never been done before, from it having a multi-tone, to it having a retro-cool family movie, to having the photo-realism with the CG-backgrounds and infinite focus the way they worked with these digital cameras, to even the color experimentation.
James Dean taught me not to speed, River Phoenix taught me not to DO speed, and Marlon Brando taught me to slow down on the cheeseburgers.
The traveling and adventure always lift my spirits soaring with exhilaration.
Most actors are lucky to ever get a job, period. I never forget that, because I have so many actor friends in L.A., and most of us barely ever work. And those of us that do, it's still only 60 days out of the year that we're actually on camera. It's an absurdly low number.
I don't really like the slogan 'It boy.'
That's really good for an actor - to like the people behind the scenes - because then you treat the camera differently. If you really like someone who's shooting you, you're more open. You're not defensive, you're more relaxed, and I think that translates into a more interesting, natural performance.
In Dogtown, skateboards are like bikes to the Chinese.
Sometimes good days are not always fun, sometimes they are good because of how hard they were and gratifying for those reasons.
Shooting in 3D hasn't really affected the way I work as an actor that much. Maybe that's not a good thing. Maybe I'm not being diligent enough.
Believe it or not, I got into the charismatic, shady, sly heart of Sedgewick Bell by watching CNN and C-SPAN.
A lot of the things I find funniest about people are their shortcomings that they're oblivious to, but that they're constantly reminding everyone around them of.
On 'Into The Wild' I spent months risking my life and on 'Speed Racer' I spent 60 days acting in front of a green screen. No danger to my physical self, but I sure had to use my imagination.
I remember when I saw 'The Matrix' when I was 13, I saw it in the theaters, and I was so blown away by it. It was one of the most memorable experiences I definitely ever had in the theater.
Well, when I was a kid and I watched Speed Racer, I used to always watch it in the morning with my cereal. And when I ate the cereal, I would pour soda into the cereal because we never really had milk for some reason. I don't know.
