Every job after the first job I got was icing on the cake. This is so much fun.

I have to remind myself constantly to not be antisocial, because I stay to myself a lot. Im a lot more introspective than my characters.

As far as acting goes, you get to a certain point where I think everyone can do the job and it comes down to a level of commitment. I think sometimes all you have to do is show up.

My dad always said that hard work beats talent when talent doesnt work hard enough.

Some of the craziest people Ive met, in my life, are some of the most brilliant people Ive met.

I grew up in Oregon so I grew up around reservations, so I've always kind of had this knowledge. Not a tremendous amount of knowledge, but an outsider's knowledge of what reservation life was like.

Most people don't go to work and beat up a 13-year-old. It's a really freaky thing.

I think I was obsessed with the culture of riding. I got sick of having to date guys who rode motorcycles for me to be on them.

I find that in the science fiction world, you have almost more women fans than male fans and I think it's because there's been such a shortage of strong female characters.

My mom always said, 'Marry someone smarter than yourself, Katee, because No. 1, you're not that smart. And No. 2, then you'll have smart babies.'

If you can ride through Texas with somebody, which is 700 miles of just straight, flat freeway riding, then you can be friends with them forever.

Success appeals to the eye, but it's the journey that captures the heart.

Right or wrong. When you stand on a principle..you're never wrong.

Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure.

Great research universities must insist on independence from government and on the exercise of academic freedom.

The things we worry about the most are the hints we trust God with the least.

Habits are qualities of the soul.

Almost. It’s a big word for me. I feel it everywhere. Almost home. Almost happy. Almost changed. Almost, but not quite. Not yet. Soon, maybe. I’m hoping hard for that.

If Nature had been comfortable, mankind would never have invented architecture.

The experience of each new age requires a new confession, and the world seems always waiting for its poet

You can't think that you're playing a villain, or you'll end up with a cartoon. You have to think about him as a person and a hero.