Quotes

I'm half Jewish, but no one believes me because my looks lean a little WASP-y... It's sometimes hard for me to get the roles I'm drawn to.

[on a film version of Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)] No one actually offered me the movie, but while I was working on The Lone Ranger (2013), my agent brought it up and I said, "Nope". I mean c'mon - it's just mommy porn. I'm not going to sit on top of the laundry machine in spin cycle, reading about putting a ball gag in someone's mouth. That doesn't do it for me.

[on filming The Lone Ranger (2013)] I learned to ride a horse through a moving train while firing two pistols, simultaneously. I'm not sure if that's a very applicable skill that I'll be able to use in Los Angeles traffic, but it was fun to get to do it in the movie.

I love art. I used to have a painting of Gorbachev that was given to my family by Gorbachev.

I like reading. I just hate school.

I couldn't be more blessed.

As a fluke, my great-grandfather hit one of the largest oil reserves in California.

I think a primal role of a man in a relationship is to protect his woman.

I try to do romantic gestures all the time.

I support myself. My wife and I together - it's all our household. I'm really proud of that.

I never grew up reading or fantasizing about fairy tales. I was always too busy, like, outside being a kid.

I need it to survive. But most specifically, McDonalds Big Mac's and McDoubles (with no pickles).

I mean I would still love to be in Mel Brooks' movies; he's great.

The Internet is an actor's best friend.

Not sure of my place in the world (still up for debate) and not sure what I wanted to do with my life (not really up for debate).

My great-great-grandfather Julius founded the Communist Party in New York.

Just because it sparkles doesn't mean it's good.

I was always Armie. There couldn't be a 90-year-old Armand and a 9-day-old one. And I heard enough jokes about baking soda.

I have about as much control over how I look as the guy who's short and looks more like a character actor - we both have the same drive to be actors and we both have the same drive to assume these different characters. It's just harder for me to get the chance, because they look at me and say, 'Oh, he's this type,' and they stamp me.

I grew up in the Cayman Islands. I didn't play video games or watch TV. I would basically come home from school, throw down my backpack, grab my machete, and go hike and chop down trees to make a fort.

I feel fortunate. I've really gotten to work with amazing talented people, and to learn from them, which is why I'm doing this. If I can work with the best director I'm going to do it.

I don't think I should tell you what to do, nor should the government. As long as you enjoy your own personal liberties and don't infringe on the liberties of others, I don't care.

You have to emote much more to get what you're trying to get across to come through a quarter inch of latex that's superglued to your face.

My wife comes from a foodie family so I've been indoctrinated into that. I had sweetbreads the other night, and I have to say, not my favorite thing in the world. You're eating a gland.

My very first kiss happened when I was 6, underneath some desks during 'nap time', but my first real kiss happened when I was 15 in the parking lot at a Mexican food restaurant.

My entire life had been this long, pressured conversation about the family I represented. 'When you walk out the door, you represent us. You have to dress well and make sure your hair is combed.'

It's something that I think I'm going to have to fight against for most of my career, for people to take me seriously as an actor as opposed to a good-looking guy. It's not what I want to be known as.

Yeah, I mean I've definitely had a bunch of action scripts sent to me, but again I'm a stickler for directors. If it's like an action flick with a great director then it's like 'Oh let's look at this thing,' but if it's just like a shoot-em'-up with a first time director. I don't know if that's the trajectory I want to take with what I'm doing.

There were two auditions for The Social Network (2010), one with Aaron Sorkin and one with David Fincher. I was a nervous wreck. I was like, 'Okay, how do I hold the paper without my hands making it shake?'

There are two 'Snow White' movies coming out for the same reason that you remember back in the day there was Armageddon (1998) and then Deep Impact (1998). You know, The Andromeda Strain (1971) and then Outbreak (1995). Like, all of those things. It's common because basically studios have no imagination in making the decisions.

[on meeting co-star Henry Cavill for the first time] I was overwhelmed by his good looks, his chiseled body, his muscles, pretty much everything. There was the whole package there.

[on co-star Henry Cavill as Superman] Henry is the best Superman we've ever had. That jawline, and the way he fills out that suit oh my God. He's great.

I have my own spiritual life, and I value it very much. (in a 2008 interview)

I felt it was an important movie to make for the sake of the world my daughter's going to grow up in. Yes, (Ginsburg) is superhuman in terms of her massive effect on the legal system and the world that we live in today. But she started just as a woman who wanted to change things and then did it by using her brain. I feel like that's the important message.

Maybe this is just a naive take on my part, but I've always felt like it's OK to say no if you don't respond to something," Hammer said. "You feel like you almost have to pay karmically for every cent that you earn if you're not really invested in the project. I can only think of maybe one time in my career where I wanted to say no and didn't, and I really didn't enjoy myself.

While attempting to provide some unnecessary social commentary about the current selfie culture, I ... inadvertently offended many who were genuinely grieving the loss of a true icon [Stan Lee].

So touched by all of the celebrities posting pictures of themselves with Stan Lee... no better way to commemorate an absolute legend than putting up a picture of yourself... If Stan impacted your life (ie. All of our lives) with his work, post his work that touched you the most. Posting a selfie makes his death about you and how cool you felt taking a picture with him.

Twitter is largely comprised of the people who are on Yelp, who will go and have a meal and leave a one-star review, and then when you read the review, they're like, 'I asked for an extra napkin and it took them 10 minutes to bring it to me, so One Star.' That's the kind of person that thrives on Twitter. I've learned you just have to have healthy emotional boundaries, and whatever happens on Twitter is not real life.