I still want to write Clint Eastwood a letter saying, 'I'm sorry, I'm sorry for all us wimp actors. You're the truth.' I guarantee he's not the person you want to fight, even now! You look at him, and you don't want to mess with him. He would still take you down.

Personal life
In 2006 Tatum met actress Jenna Dewan on the set of their movie Step Up. The same year Tatum starred as Duke in G. 2008–present

In 2008 Tatum co-starred in director Kimberly Peirce's film Stop-Loss about soldiers returning home from the Iraq War and in director Stuart Townsend's film Battle in Seattle about the 1999 protest of the World Trade Organization meeting in Seattle.

Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009) Dear John (2010) The Vow (2012) 21 Jump Street (2012) Magic Mike (2012) and G. I.