As an actor you always feel like you're swimming upstream.

The issue for my character, and the issue of the show is, how dirty do your feet have to get without suffocating yourself in the mud in order to get an inch of what you really want done?

At the end of your days, you will be judged by your gallop, not by your stumble.

You don't want your credibility banana to turn brown, but you do want to speak out about what you believe in.

Infuse your life with action. Don't wait for it to happen. Make it happen. Make your own future. Make your own hope.

We're telling a story. And the demands of that are different from the demands of a documentary. The audience must believe in order to keep faith in the story.

Help us show children around the world that we can make a difference together.

We all go through life bristling at our external limitations, but the most difficult chains to break are inside us.

Whatever you do, make sure you want to write more than you want to be a writer. Make sure you want to act more than you want to be an actor. That is what will sustain you.

Infuse your life with action.

I identify with this guy's frustration and inability to control his fury at moments. I even identify with the way that this guy covers up a lot with humour. So yeah, it's interesting.

I don't accept defeat as final. Only death is final - and even then I hope for a reprieve.

I absolutely believe the past had its share of warrior women who fought like men. Whether some of these were the actual Amazons from Greek myth is another matter.

My brother asked me once, 'Are you a misanthrope?' And I said, 'No, I just find people irritating.'

If I relaxed, if I took my foot off the gas, I would probably die.

I chose Tennessee because I thought theyd give me an opportunity to play.

Men in particular need to speak more about their personal reasons for wanting diversity in the workplace.

Stay the course and see the beauty of life unfold for you.

Timid dogs more eagerly bark than bite.

When a man has done all he can do, still there is a mighty, mysterious agency over which he needs influence to secure success. The one way he can reach it is by prayer.

When I was nine years old I use to copy ( not trace ) the covers of the Donald Duck comics. Many years later I became a close friend of Jack Hannah, the director of the Donald Duck film shorts.