Blackbeard was larger than life. He was 6'4" in 1710. He was a colossus, and like a rock star walking into a bar. He was a tremendous commander, a great leader.

When you're wearing jeans, there's a shift in your center of gravity.

I don't think you see a pirate with a parrot on his shoulder, for example. And even with the accents.

If the project piques my interest and scares me a little bit, then it's got me hooked.

The way Shakespeare wrote Fallstaff is with a heightened language and everything.

The best piece of advice Ive ever been given was, Be in the business youre in. Dont just be a satellite around it and expect it to come to you. Be in the business youre in.

Humor is a very important thing. It is a natural predilection. It is an emotional release.

I suppose you just feel on an instinctive level if something is honest.

Nobody wakes up in the morning thinking, 'I'm a bad guy.' They think they're the right guy.

Life itself is pretty funny when you realize how absurd it can be.

Well, I'm not a natural gym person myself, anyway.

I ran out of strong.

The most amazing thing that makes life worth living is your love.

SWAT is already on its way. I'll be at your position in about ten minutes. SWAT should arrive in about fifteen to twenty."[Javier:] "I'll have her by then.

Understanding that what it is that you're doing isn't limited to the roles and the rejection, it's bigger than that, it's about your purpose in life.

Heaven wills our happiness, allows our doom.

Republicans fighting back against changes Obama made means those changes are important, as with most of the major progress in American history.

My first novel, 'Man Walks Into a Room,' is about a man who's lost his memory and has to start a second life. On one level, it's about how we create a coherent sense of self.

Tis the only discipline we are born for; all studies else are but as circular lines, and death the center where they all must meet.

Although it is a fantasy film, it's as real as it can be. You have to imagine that an audience will buy their ticket to a cinema and get on a first-class flight and journey to Middle Earth.

I am proud to find, from two astronomical observations, that Chapel Hill lies right in the orbit of Jupiter and his satellites, and that the period of his revolution is about twelve years.