Quotes

Acting is simple. Complex. And mesmerizing. All at the same time.

Acting is a great way to discover sides of yourself that you didn't even know existed.

(On having a dark side and playing violent, psychotic characters) The trick is to know how to control it, and when to unleash it.

Once I had a taste (of acting and filmmaking) I knew that I could never be completely fulfilled doing any other career.

I am an actor. That is who I was created to be. God could've created me to be whoever He wanted me to be. He could have made me tall, athletic, good looking. But He didn't make me any of those things. He made me who I am, because that's who I am intended to be. I am an actor. That is who I will be.

I've heard people say that they can't stand to watch Jack Nicholson anymore because he disturbed them so much in 'The Shining.' And I'm like, 'Why? Because he was brilliant? Because he did what he was supposed to do to make the film work?'

After writing and producing my own film, I have a whole new respect for anyone that has the ambition to complete a movie. Having said that, there are also a lot of movies that get made that I cannot believe actually got made. I look at them and think, 'Why would anyone go to all of the time, effort, money, and work if that's all they wanted to accomplish?'

I wanted to make a movie that would really impact people. That would really have an emotional effect on them and cause them to take a look at their own lives. Because quite honestly, I know that there are a lot of people in this world that never really experience love. If everyone really felt love the way it is supposed to be, we wouldn't see all of the divorce, adultery, and spousal abuse in this world. And that bothers me, because I know that we were created with the capacity to love and love deeply. I think too many people get married because they just think it's the next step in the relationship. I want people when they see this film and look at Dale and Stephanie together to think,'Wow! Is that what it's really like? Is that what I've been missing? Oh man, that's what I need. How do I get that?' And I want people who already have that love in their lives to simply look at the love of their life, and smile, knowing that they have the love they are seeing portrayed on screen. In reference to the film "All For Love