Sometimes you have to take a half step back to take two forward.

I have to do something with my mind, or I'll get in trouble.

So we're living by that sword, and we're going to cut every now and then from it's backlash.

I'm excited about it, thrilled with the success thus far.

The Rock will always come back to us.

It's difficult to do that internally, because you're flying five, six hours.

My older brother Joel became an art teacher; my brother Rip ultimately became a television producer and singer and actor himself.

My first teenage holiday was spent touring the great art galleries of Europe after having been inspired by what I had seen on television.

People are patronizing the theatres with renewed enthusiasm - there is an entire picnic-like attitude when families go out to see movies, which is a very good sign. They want to see larger-than-life characters on the big screen and not just watch movies on television or on DVDs.

People's attitude seems to be that if you don't have a television, you're not connected to reality - somehow you're not in reality. It's quite interesting, because I suspect that possibly it's the reverse.

I hate going to L.A. and dealing with the contempt people have for television and television actors. It's unbelievable the kind of attitude people take toward what is the most exciting medium we've got right now.

Working with Brock Lesnar is a daily challenge because every Monday night that we're on television, I feel compelled to deliver, at least from my end, the best performance I've ever put on.