All other areas of my life, I'm hopeless. I can't even be certain how to boil an egg.

Try and understand what part you have to play in the world in which you live. There's more to life than you know and it's all happening out there. Discover what part you can play and then go for it.

I often thought my gravestone would say, 'Here lies Gandalf. He came out,'

Acting is a very personal process. It has to do with expressing your own personality, and discovering the character you're playing through your own experience - so we're all different.

To know you are in the company with people who love and care for each other, as well as for whatever they are working on, is almost essential.

I’ve often thought the Bible should have a disclaimer in the front saying this is fiction.

You can always pick out stage actors at the Oscars: they know how to walk.

We are very lucky to be men because women have a terrible time getting older parts. It's much more difficult.

Personally, coming out was one of the most important things I've ever done, lifting from my shoulders the millstone of lies that I hadn't even realized I was carrying.

When you were on stage, you could be absolutely open about your emotions and indulge them and express yourself in a way that - in real life - I wasn't doing.

Splendid architecture, the love of your life, an old friend... they can all go drifting by unseen if youre not careful.

If a fear cannot be articulated, it can't be conquered.

Before you call yourself a Christian, Buddhist, Muslim, Hindu or any other theology, learn to be human first.

There's more to clothing than just adornment. It does more than merely change how the world perceives us. It changes how we perceive ourselves.

You are the books you read!!!

Woe unto them that call evil good and good evil.

Anybody who doesn't make you feel good, kick them to the curb. And the earlier you start in your life, the better.

At night my father often heard sporadic gunfire mixed in with the sound of dogs howling. If the war came closer, soon there would be only minor difference between shooting a dog and shooting a man.

I completely trust Gloria Vanderbilt. I have always found her very honest.

What's the ultimate price I'll pay if I don't stop this indulgence now? By asking questions like this, they'll associate pain to overeating, and their behavior will change immediately.

How can I be a gangster, if I worked for the KGB? It is absolutely ridiculous.