My mom`s 100% Irish, and in my family we`ve always called acting `blarney`.

On getting thumped for being too cocky at basket ball in Junior School, he says: `It hurt, but I said to myself I`m never going to be like that again. I was blessed to learn that early in life.`

To prepare for this role, I went into my backyard swimming pool and practiced walking on water. - Talking about The Passion of the Christ on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno." (2004)