An actor must interpret life, and in order to do so must be willing to accept all the experiences life has to offer. In fact, he must seek out more of life than life puts at his feet.

Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today.

You are who you are meant to be. Dance as if no one's watching. Love as if it's all you know. Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today.

I think the prime reason for existence, for living in this world is discovery.

Remember: Life is short, break the rules

My purpose in life does not include a hankering to charm society.

If a man can bridge the gap between life and death, if he can live on after he's dead, then maybe he was a great man.

The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results.

If you’re not afraid, if you take everything you are, everything worthwhile in you and direct it at one goal, one ultimate mark, you’ve got to get there.

But you can't show some far off idyllic conception of behavior if you want the kids to come and see the picture. You've got to show what it's really like, and try to reach them on their own grounds.

Live fast, die young, leave a good looking corpse.

A goal shouldn't be limited to a title.

When you've done the technical part, you're then into the joy, the zen, into being. Technology no longer exists for you. You're then into the mystery of the thing you're doing.

Witness, eternal God! Oh, witness that, from this hour, I will do what one man can to drive out this curse of slavery from my land!

I am resigning because my secret leaves the governor's office vulnerable.

I think any great performer or athlete has to have a little bit of a gut to be great.

As an actor, you never know where the works going to come, so you have to be flexible about it.

Unfortunately, the only meaning that society attributes to life today is an opportunity to make money.

If you watch a movie, it never happens that you see a character that is in every single scene.

I'd like to see 'Top Chef: Amateur'. Sometimes we have an amateur chef on the show and they just can't cut it against the pros but there are some great stories there.