Being from a divorced family almost felt like a scarlet letter at times. And I denied it for a long time.

I learned long ago to focus on things you can control and don't even pay attention to things you don't.

I have a lovely family who supports me and it's great.

With craziness, you can't predict it. There's very little defense you can have on craziness.

I think naturally, if you're an actor, there's a high level of assertiveness that you need to have to survive this business. There's boldness in being assertive, and there's strength and confidence.

You get addicted to emotions. Our endorphins kick in and it's like a high. On the low end you might love roller coasters. On the high end you might be a bank robber or something.

If you have a level of expectation in your life that you have to be a quote-unquote star, whatever that means, you might be setting yourself up for failure.

I think it's not a question of why, more a question of why not.

Take a chance. Take a risk. Find that passion and rekindle it. Fall in love all over again. It's really worth it.

If you work hard, you have a better chance of producing something that you're proud of. If you don't, you won't. It's really simple.

Every experience feeds an actor, and I've learned that depression is all around us.

Savor life authentically.

You think that commanding an army grants you nobility? Nobility comes from fighting besides your soldiers, not kidnapping a woman to cheat your way out of battle.

When I do something good, the audience lets me know immediately. They laugh. That's it.

The pathos of life is worse than the tragedy.

My father said about money: 'You have to have some. But you don't have to have all of it. Just be honest with yourself.'

There's always a story in music, and it's expressed through my music.

Climate change is the greatest threat to our existence in our short history on this planet. Nobody's going to buy their way out of its effects.

True Budo is to accept the spirit of the universe, keep the peace of the world, correctly produce, protect and cultivate all beings in nature.

The goal of the first International May Day celebrations was the eight-hour working day.

ISIS is gaining strength because the perception is that they're winning. And President [Barack] Obama fuels that perception.