After drama school I did a seven-month tour of Europe performing in 'Romeo and Juliet.' I played Romeo.

You go back to those films of the '40s and '50s and hear the dialogue, the way the people played off each other, the wordplay. I think we've really lost that in movies.

I just like to keep challenging myself, keep it varied. It's a craft, and I'm constantly trying to learn and get better at it.

Parenthood and family come first for me, and when I'm not working I'm cool with the Teletubbies.

I feel for those 19-year-olds who get thrust into the limelight that young.

It's important to me that everyone is treated with respect.

I always want my options to be open.

Every journalist who is not too stupid or too full of himself to notice what is going on knows that what he does is morally indefensible.

You won't find a better young actor than Jaeden Lieberher. I ended up having one of the best times with him, really. Going to work with him every day was a treat.

The sexiest part of the body is the eyes. That's what I believe.

I don't think you necessarily identify and believe in the motifs of the character, but you have to want to play it and want to commit to the lines.

Initiative + Progress = Success.

In schools with a history of chaos, the teacher who can keep the classroom calm becomes virtually indispensable.

Just got back from a pleasure trip: I took my mother-in-law to the airport.

The fairies break their dances And leave the printed lawn.

At fifteen you had the radiance of early morning, at twenty you will begin to have the melancholy brilliance of the moon.

Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.

A concert is a concert is a concert is a concert. An album is an album is an album is an album. Musically, both have nothing in common.

My writing process is very organic. I start with an idea. I have the general story arc and the cast. But then I sit down to write, and things change.

Evil deeds are the fruit of an evil heart. They are not an aberration from our true self but a revelation of it.

In the end you will be your own undoing. You can't escape you.