And yeah, my handicap was down to a 10 when we were at the thick of it. I trained for six or seven months, golfing every day for six hours, seven days a week, with eight trainers. It was intense. |
I trained more than anybody ever in a golf film ever made - my swing is pretty hot. |
They're very, uh, you know, I don't come from the suburbs and a jolly, Disney type of lifestyle. I come from something totally different. And they're cool and bare minimum so it's not always a money issue for me. |
I just wish the crowd I was associated with was more passionate about what they were doing and less consumed with the commerce of the art form. |
I think there's a form of honesty, because I used to be very honest with the press, and then it backfired on me, and I understood it. |
I understand why marriages break up over golf. I can't even talk about my own handicap because it's too upsetting. |
And I'm not a personality; otherwise I'd be coming out with an album, performing on MTV. All that stuff is possible and I can do that tomorrow. I just have no need. |
No, I was an unknown when I walked in that room. He didn't know who I was from a fly on the wall. |
You can't buy back your respect; you can't buy back your career. You only get one, so I don't want to mess that up. |
I'm not an Adonis, that's for damn sure. I've never really thought of myself that way, and it doesn't matter to me. My favorite actors aren't Adonises. Dustin Hoffman is a flawed-looking man; he's amazing to me. Tom Hanks is flawed-looking; people love him. Same with Gene Hackman. |
I was the only white kid in my neighborhood for most of my youth even in high school, so reverse racism was just as apparent as racism. |
Now my dad is with me, traveling with me and a big part of this whole thing is I like to mix it up a little bit, you know. Who gets to take their father on a private jet across the country and stay in first class hotels? So we're enjoying it, but I'd stop if it's not possible. |
I don't have to live this lavish lifestyle. |
You never really meet a human being until you live with them or know them for awhile, so this is my clown and they understand that and so these interviews don't bother them. |
If I have enough money to eat I'm good. |
I turned down twelve films last year... Huge money films, but I had no respect for the writer or the work. |
But this is a little different. This is the adult acting. This is a different crowd. It's more work and more good work. That's it. People will have their opinion regardless. |
There's never been a parent in my life. |
We did this two-week boot camp before we filmed the movie. I got to know everybody in the group and we became friends. We got really tight throughout those two weeks. |
I'm very picky and I'm in a situation where it's a big crossover. |