“A couple days before the stunts, if I'm doing something particularly dangerous, I will go over every worst-case scenario in my head, like this could happen, this could happen, this could happen, this could happen. I try to think about that to where it's ingrained in me.”

“Coal mining is tough. Acting is just tedious.”

“Doctors have told me I have a high pain threshold, but I can only know what I feel. I think I'm good at minimising the pain and being indifferent to it.”

“Everyone gets hurt, but I've probably had the most injuries.”

“Everything you see on screen is real. By doing what we do, there's naturally going to be a lot of grimacing. And whimpering.”

“I actually got stabbed at my friend's bachelor party. In real life.”

“I have a whole slew of doctors. I can count eight in my phone right now - eight different doctors, all for different parts of my body. I have specialists.”

“I just love that spirit that makes people do things that they probably shouldn't.”

“I just try to think of all the things that could go wrong so in that split second when it happens, maybe your body reacts in a way where it protects you just a little.”

“'I know this is going to end bad, but I'm going to pretend it's going to end good.' My life's philosophy.”

“I love Louisiana. It's amazing.”

“I love the tabloids except for when I'm in 'em.”

“I pretty much operate on adrenaline and ignorance.”

“I want to do dramas. I want to do comedies.”

“If someone hits me I consider it a challenge.”

“I'm lucky enough to be with someone, and I am happy.”

“I'm so uncoordinated, I can't really do that much, so my specialty is standing in one spot or holding on to something, like an exploding rocket or a jetski.”

“I'm the fun dad, I am also the disciplinarian.”

“It's a real primal thing, watching someone get hurt. It's funny and accessible.”

“It's just an unhealthy way to approach something, trying to outdo your last thing. You've gotta trust evolution, you've gotta trust that the bar is moving, that you don't need to force the bar. It'll just happen.”

“People try to challenge me in bars every now and then. As long as they're not physical I just walk away, but if they get physical then I just end up in a fight.”

“Suffering will get you great footage. I don't know about closer to God. Although there have been times when I've suffered to the point where I think I might be about to meet him.”

“What calmed me down finally was when my girlfriend got pregnant.”

“When I used to go into bars people would try and fight me. Women would punch me 10 years ago or put cigarettes out on my arm or my face. But it doesn't seem to happen any more. They show us a lot of love.”

“You can tell it's good if you light it and a blue flame comes up; that means it's good moonshine and it won't make you go blind.”

“You were about five feet short of a ten feet jump?”