Any role that big is going to be a challenge for any actor, but for an actor of a young age, it's going to be even tougher.

35 million people in the U.S. are hungry or don't know where their next meal is coming from, and 13 million of them are children. If another country were doing this to our children, we'd be at war.

Live like you're already dead, man. Have a good time. Do your best. Let it all come ripping right through you.

If you change partners every time it gets tough or you get a little dissatisfied, then I don't think you get the richness that's available in a long-term relationship.

It's not enough just to treat women well. We have to work to make sure all men treat women well.

It's a wonderful metaphor, catching a wave, for how you can look at other challenges in your life.

Poverty is a very complicated issue, but feeding a child isn't.

My wife holds the kite strings that let me go 'weeeeeee', then she reels me back in.

I've had really great experiences working with first-time directors. They come at filmmaking with fresh ideas. I've been very lucky that way.

Everyone I meet is in my sangha. I don't know if that's the proper definition, but that's the way I'm going to hold it in my mind.

You've got to take care of yourself on the path, not just when you cross the goal line, because don't forget, wherever you are, that's the goal line.

It's better to dare to dream big and achieve half of your dreams than to dream small dreams and achieve all

Intellectual curiosity and the human brain are the root of science.

I travel around the world, experiencing every language, every religion... some places where there's just no reason to smile, because their lives are so difficult.

The beginning of every war is like opening the door into a dark room. One never knows what is hidden in the darkness.

I love performing in any medium, and more the opportunities you have to vary things, the more you learn.

Eroticism is assenting to life even in death.

An affirmation opens the door. It's a beginning point on the path to change.

God is omnipresent; even a pebble in the Narmada can represent Him and serve as an object of worship.

Whether arrogantly or what, I view myself simply as an actor.

I like to hear melodies that go from one extreme to the next- saxophone to a bell to a whistle, for instance.