A big part of me just lets everything go.

We look for meaning and purpose; children bring that.

To be a great actor you just need to comprehend, so that's why I became a writer.

I think that all actors find they go down and then they come back up if you work on your craft. They come back up to the top and then they go back down and they come back up and they go back down.

There have been many times when I've auditioned and I've actually won a different role in the same film.

You don't take on anything unless there's fear.

There are so many things that go into casting that you just never know.

If you're afraid of something, you definitely have to try to tackle it.

Most Americans take their freedom very seriously, but they don't realize that not everyone is free.

As an actor, your main goal is to tell the truth.

They're sharing a drink called loneliness, but at least its better than drinking alone.

Bad movies and bad writing and easy cliches still manage to make us feel things toward each other. Part of me is disgusted by this. Part of me celebrates it.

Everything that can be counted does not necessarily count; everything that counts cannot necessarily be counted.

Life tells you to take the elevator, but love tells you to take the stairs.

Everything was chocolate ice cream and kisses and wind.

How can something as fragile as a word build the whole world?

When I am at a straight club, which is like once a year, if a man even looks in my direction, I verbally attack him.

The capacity to combine commitment with skepticism is essential to democracy.

I really believe everything is here for us to be very successful.

It's always hard, but it's always fun to attack a premise that you think is interesting. It does take a few drafts for sure.