Eckhart: "Right now, I have to admit, that I'm more interested in giving people a little bit of hope and goodness."

Eckhart: "I would love to get great performances from actors as a director, because that's what I'm always looking for, a director that's going to help me go places I've never been before."

Eckhart: "I think America right now is looking for somebody who appeals to every faction."

Eckhart: "Through all the relationship stuff I've gone through in the past few years, I know there are fundamental differences in how men and women view sex and how they view their futures."

Eckhart: "I think every actor wants to be an FBI or cop at one point."

Eckhart: "I'm very physical. You know, I love sports and train really hard. I did 3 or 4 months of MMA before this movie, training everyday with my French special forces trainer. You know, I like to fight."

Eckhart: "I would like to direct."

Eckhart: "It seems to me if you want something badly enough, whether you're a man or a woman, you'll do whatever you have to do to get it."

Eckhart: "I think women can be as cruel as men, and men as tender as women, and vice versa."

Eckhart: "I've been working for many years and I think I've managed to work with some of the best people in the business, which has been rewarding and an apprenticeship."

Eckhart: "When it gets down to it you just have to act."

Eckhart: "You never really know as an actor; it's completely out of your control, in terms of editing, and music, and film stock, shot selection, and what takes they use."

Eckhart: "I mean, the problem is, I think I'm a great writer."

Eckhart: "I often feel that my days in New York City, that I was here for five years, didn't get one job, went on a thousands of auditions and literally did not get a job on a soap, not a movie, not TV, not nothing, although I did do some commercials thank God."

Eckhart: "If we're talking about masculinity and tenderness, I don't look at Clinton."

Eckhart: "If it helps me in the way that if this movie is successful, I get to make more films, great, and the more films that I make and the more interest that I'm allowed to cover, the better for me and the better, hopefully, for the people who like to watch me."