Acting for me sometimes is taking whatever personal experiences I have and try to apply that [to a role].

I'm a tropical weather cruiser. I like surfing, you know. I like being on the beach.

I'm definitely a lover, but I fight when I have to - for something or someone.

As human beings, why does it take somebody to feel like they're close to us for us to see their humanity? Why can't we see the humanity in people that are distant from us?

Do as much homework as you can. Learn everybody's job and don't just settle.

Don't pretend to know everything. I've been blessed to work with a lot of veteran actors, and I soak up lessons from them like a sponge.

You know, you can try and plan [filming] as much as you want, but you get there on game day and you get thrown a curve ball, I guess, hey, the game plan goes out the window. You've got to adapt.

Sometimes you gotta go with your first instinct. You gotta go with your gut. That's kind of how I live my life, you gotta go with your gut.

Just us as people, we're different around different people and in different environments.

I think redemption is about righting a wrong, and in that pursuit it's about trying. You can stumble, you can make mistakes, but it's about trying to do the right thing.

As an actor, you always dream of having material that showcases what you can do.

I'm floating. The absence of pain is powerful.

The major abscess in the mind is a lack of acknowledgement of evil.

No matter what happens, always Keep your childhood innocence. It's the most important thing.

When you numb your pain you also numb your joy.

Faith is caught rather than taught.

I did enough algebra when I was at university, so I am sick and tired of that.

Religion is the only metaphysic that the multitude can understand and adopt.

I loved all those Doris Day visuals of her being a tomboy and then changing into this gorgeous girl in a ballgown.

The professional will not tolerate disorder... He wants the carpet vacuumed and the threshold swept, so the Muse may enter and not soil her gown.