It was a very well-rounded childhood with lots of different opportunities. My mom will say she set out to overstimulate me - surround me with way too many things and let me pick. As a result, I've always been a multitasker; I've always liked a lot of variety.
I feel like I'm quite versatile. I want to do lots of different styles.
My musical tastes are very diverse. I just never felt like listening to certain kinds of bands. There's too much great stuff out there.
I'm not the sort of person who wants to live my life doing just one thing. I like to go around and do as many things as possible.
I have a lot of interests.
I wasn't a very discriminating reader. I read just about everything that came along.
I have books I like very much, but I don't think there are any books that everyone should read. I prefer a world in which some people read this, and others read that.
Something that is characteristic of me is the breadth of my interests.
I don't want to be a guy that has got one cap.
I've practiced a lot of different sports. I stopped counting after 15.
I'm all over the place with what I listen to.
There's no one type of film that I like watching. I loved 'Tropic Thunder' and the first 'Austin Powers,' and then 'The Godfather Parts I' and 'II,' 'There Will Be Blood,' Wes Anderson films.
Governments take too long to get things done and there are far too many varied interests at stake. If you were starting a business today and needed a partner, you would never choose a large bureaucratic institution like the government.
I tend to pick projects that give me a sense of freshness. So my filmography, especially after hitting my 30s, has become a lot more diverse.
What's important is that people realize that I can't be put into a box musically. I've studied all forms of music; I know probably more Jay-Z songs than the biggest Jay-Z fan. I've studied R. Kelly to the Isley Brothers to Stevie Wonder to Sting and Sade. You don't have one personality every day. You don't have one mood.
I'm not a one-issue person.
I don't want to be the guy that gets inspired by one player. I like to watch every player.
I'm very complex and complicated. I like a lot, a lot.
I think a lot of us are multiple things that don't always fit together neatly in a bio box.
I think it's good to have a nice, healthy group of people all doing different things. A lot of my friends don't even work in Hollywood; they just happen to live in L.A.
Right after college, I was trying to figure out what to do. Teach? Act? Model? Do PR for the deaf community? And now I'm doing all I dreamed of and more.
As many men as there are existing, so many are their different pursuits.
Here I was into astronomy, and here into anthropology, and there I go into geology. It was much more fun to be able to research and write about whatever I wanted to.
I can't tell the difference between the best and the worst 'cause I realize not everybody wants to have sex in the middle of a demolition derby race in the car.
I need eclectic people in my life.
