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“I have a good work ethic.”
“A film that I love is 'Deliverance' from back in the day. You start out with these archetypal characters - the hero, the bookworm, the pacifist - and by the end, it's all turned upside down. I love that.”
“I can see parts of my father in 'Kingdom' when I rage like that. I can see my father's frustrations in his life.”
“The things that make me saddest - when I got into my head - if anything were to happen to me, and my wife were to have to go to my kids and say 'Daddy's gone.' Worst thing I could imagine.”
“I'm a physical person - I like to get hit.”
“I'm not really enamored by movie stars.”
“You've got to go out there and do your things. Whatever comes your way, you jump on it, and like anything, that's how you get your experience.”
“You get spoiled on 'Captain America,' where your trailer's two blocks long and it's got three bedrooms.”
“My favorite movie is 'The Outlaw Josey Wales' with Clint Eastwood, a guy who gets his family killed by the bad guys then goes on a journey of revenge, eventually discovering himself - very existential.”
“I have always been restless. I have always been a seeker. It is one of the reasons that I train as hard as I do and I have studied as many disciplines as I have. I need to be challenged.”
“Israel changed my life. It is one of the most amazing countries that I have ever been to.”
“'The Outlaw Josey Wales' is one of my top three movies.”
“I'm a believer in getting punched in the face. I know it sounds cliched, but to me, fighting is a metaphor for life.”
“I love Charles Bronson. He didn't have a lot of range, and he wasn't a great actor, but you couldn't take your eyes off him.”
“My parents got married when they were 16, and they never had any money.”
“A tough guy, to me, stands for something, and he's not afraid to get a beating.”
“What I look for in a role is the physical. But what's the journey emotionally? Can I take this person who is this archetypal tough guy and find the beauty?”
“What people don't know is that I'm a blackbelt in jujitsu, which I've been for 20 years, and I've been boxing since I've been 15 years old - those are things that come natural to me.”
“I find in L.A. that you ask people how they're doing, and the immediate answer is, 'Oh, I'm very busy,' as if busy is the goal.”
“I was a wrestler. I played football, lacrosse. After high school, I got into jujitsu. I boxed my whole adult life.”