Luke Quotes

You're just playing a role, whether it's a drama or a comedy. I find it really fun to sort of play opposite Uma.

I've been trying to bust into the comedy business my whole life. It's hard in Hollywood to do different things. I know this. It's a struggle.

The physical stuff of a movie is difficult. It's one of those things where it's just harder than it looks.

I'd always envied actors who got to play real people or got to do research. I've always just had these scripts where, I mean not in a bad way, but it was right on the page.

As a movie-goer, I really like to watch all different kinds of movies and, as an actor, I always feel like I could do pretty much anything but a musical.

To be a role model is not something you choose, it is chosen for you and once it is you must accept the responsibility bestowed upon you

I know perfection is one thing I will never achieve, but I will always make it my goal because this means I am always giving my all and working to improve

Consumers are what’s going to change the world, not necessarily industries or governments,

[H]iding how you really feel and trying to make everyone happy doesn't make you nice, it just makes you a liar.

If they do these things when the tree is green, what will they do when it is dry?

With The Dread, first kiss was the beginning. Second kiss was the end.

Follow the rules until you make them.

Great relationships create great characters. Make them feel real. Alive. Tangible and unforgettable. Bad relationships kill them. Bury them. Make you wish they hadn't wasted your precious time.

All dreams of empire end because day breaks in the hearts of the slaves used to build it.

We humans progressively exterminate every support mechanism. The earth progressively degenerates toward a form of quadriplegia, completely impotent to protect all it sustains.

If you are wasting time, wasting money ....

Luke would always remember the day of his drowning

You haven't lived life to the fullest until you've found something worth dying for

You'll never be as OK with the thought of dying as you are in the moments when you know that you are truly living

Bravery is not the absence of fear, but rather, it is the decision to look fear in the eyes and press on regardless

The greatest things in life always come with a chance of great loss

It is good to be willing to stand as a hero, but you must also be willing to fall as a hero

Family, can’t live with them, can’t orbitally bombard them back to the foul, oozing proto-plasma they crawled out of, I thought grimly.

And it's his illusions about whatconstitutes the real world which are inhibiting him...His reality, his reason, his society ... These are what must be destroyed

Stay strong. Don't be bullied by anyone.

The Adventure called and I followed with my thumb like a character being written by an intractable author. Which, of course, I was.

It was a rotten time to try to be a man in America. Until Blue came along I’d never even spent time around a man. Hell, I’d never even seen one. Where were all the men in this once great land?

Life is too short to waste being a productive member of society.

The most common emotional defense is avoidance (an ineffective coping skill for any stressor) as expressed through denial (e.g., "That wasn't really bad, I barely remember it").

I just want to live my own life instead of everyone else’s version of it.

The true Epicurean cultivates the capacity to take pleasure in simple things, while those around him chase pleasure in more things.

Sometimes we want to believe something so badly that we allow ourselves to be taken advantage of.

A man's words will always express what has been treasured in his heart.

That day we held our hands and each other was indeed a beautiful dream. But, we all wake up in the end.

Over the years most of my peers had come to hate me—I never understood why. I guess I was just different and, like dogs, they could smell it. So I never had many friends.

Innovation Games let customers engage other centers of their brain, resulting in richer, deeper, and more meaningful exchanges of information

Taking a risk is something we do not for our mind but for how it makes us feels, emotions it brings, excitement it creates and I feel alive.

Of course I believe in magic. I believe in storytelling.

Whatever yerz’re lookin’ for, I hope yerz find it. Yerz moight’ve never lost it!

Writers are like onions, layers upon layers upon layers.

Begging is much more difficult than it looks. Contrary to popular belief, it’s a high art form that takes years of dedicated practice to master.

The world's full of wonder, he said. Or at least horror that looks wondrous from afar.

Have you ever noticed how good things go to those who hate?

The sign of a good conscience is for a man to be in support of basically everything that Westboro Baptist isn't.

Sometimes a lie builds until the truth does more harm than good

I don't know who a character is till I look into their eyes.

Well, that's what I still think, but I am in a rut at work--I hate my job, ' I said, allowing my emotions to find words.

The simple act of sitting here sipping this cappuccino is its own testament to my commitment to living the writer’s life. Which is to say: doing nothing but doing it exceedingly well.

The sweet-smelling aroma of the island spices still hung in the air. It filled his nostrils and titillated his appetite all over again. His appetite drove him mad for something much more than food.

If a dog can love us unconditionally, why can't we love each other in the same way?