I played football the whole time I was growing up, and through two years of college. I think it's a beautiful game in many respects, one that allows you to follow a player from boyhood through manhood.

My personal sources in the intelligence community and the military are very good. They're excellent. I have very high-up, in-depth sources.

I can't worry about the consequences of what I do; that's not my job.

Once you turn on the camera, making a movie is making a movie. I don't care if it's $9 million dollars or $50 million dollars. You have bigger toys, bigger set, actors who are better paid, but once you turn on the camera, it's director and performance, and I don't find a big difference.

I am involved with politics today because of the inspiration I received from Ronald Reagan.

Mexico and Italy are countries where you can almost taste the atmosphere from the teeming stands when you're on the field, and that's a real motivation for a player.

Action, reaction, motivation, emotion, all have to come from the characters. Writing a love scene requires the same elements from the writer as any other.

I believe strongly in inspiration, inspiration literally meaning 'full of the spirit.' I do believe that it comes to you.