Being an actor on a movie set is like going to the playground at recess.

That's probably the biggest secret of acting: If the actor believes it themselves, they can make you believe it.

Acting is the business of truth, so that we can see ourselves reflected back and learn.

The power of television - it's so present in our lives, we don't even know how powerful it is.

The key to acting has much more to do with listening than with talking.

I'm a little bit of a glutton for punishment, especially when it comes to work. I don't mind a bit of suffering. I think it's in suffering that we realize our best selves.

I am a smoker, I'm ashamed to say. I had given it up for many years, then picked it up again. It's a horrible habit. I struggle with myself all the time. And I love to smoke.

The climate informs the character.

As an actor, you live a little bit of a cloistered life. It's a lonely life. You oddly, strangely find yourself all alone, quite often, with a lot of time to think.

I think this notion of acting and glamour is getting in everybody's way.

I have some close friends I keep in touch with. I knit. I watch a little too much TV. I ski, if the weather's right for that. If I can find a group of buddies, I go rock climbing.

Let all Men know thee, but no man know thee thoroughly: Men freely ford that see the shallows.

I think if you are writing something that you are trying to design for someone else to like that is not necessarily you're demographic, it is a much harder road.

Actually it broke my heart to hear that we were going to have to part ways, ... It's a business and they had to do what they had to do.

By endurance we conquer.

Each cast member brings their own vibe and antics to the set. You're constantly surrounded by fun loving people who can make you laugh in their own way

Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great.

If it is solely an evolutionary convenience, there is really no such thing as good or evil.

You believe that you can win the nomination of your party, and then you believe that you're the strongest candidate to win the election for your party.

Start slowly, then taper off.

Opinion crowns with an imperial voice.