We should all aspire in life to do a multitude of things well - to be a great father, to be a good husband, to be a good lover, you know, to try to do things the best you can is very important to me.

in 2011 he completed Jesus Was a Commie an avant garde-dialectical conversation about the world and the prominent issues of modern society. The film was awarded a prize at the Cannes Film Festival. Modine co-directed the short film with Terence Ziegler the editor of I Think I Thought.

His film roles include Private Joker in Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket the title character in Alan Parker's Birdy high school wrestler Louden Swain in Vision Quest and oversexed Sullivan Groff in Weeds.