Do I want to be a hero to my son? No. I would like to be a very real human being. That's hard enough.

Remember that just because you hit bottom doesn't mean you have to stay there.

Listen, smile, agree, then do whatever you were going to do anyway.

People never change because they are under threat or under duress. Never. They change because they see something that makes their life seem valuable enough to start moving toward a life worth living.

People rise out of the ashes because, at some point, they are invested with a belief in the possibility of triumph over seemingly impossible odds.

I don't need an Iron Man suit. I'm already a weapon of mass seduction.

I know who I am. I'm a dude playing a dude disguised as another dude.

I think that we all do heroic things, but hero is not a noun, it's a verb.

I just think it's good to be confident. If I'm not on my team why should anybody else be?

I know very little about acting. I'm just an incredibly gifted faker.

The lesson is that you can still make mistakes and be forgiven.

We make messes of our lives, but every now and then, we manage to do something that's exactly right." (pg. 481)

I wake up in the morning and I think about one brand. I don't have enough time to wake up twice and think about two.

It's not supposed to be easy. Anyone who finds it easy is stupid.

Follow the lead of your symptoms, for there’s usually a myth in the mess, and a mess is an expression of soul.

I just loved the power of positive thinking, letting yourself go.

Subject becoming less relevant, each painting having a life of its own, each stroke leading to the next. It is more about the connection of body and spirit to canvas, over mind to canvas.

Light can penetrate any amount of darkness but no amount of darkness can penetrate light.

Sometimes, the experiences that tell you what you don't want to do are as important as those that tell you what you do want to do.

I will love you until the day they put me in the earth.

The best visual effects are when you shoot as much of what you can in camera. And it's really good for the actor's performance to have something real.