Ewan McGregor and I had very similar first-time light sabre experiences. We both burned ourselves! These things are hot - they're full of batteries!

A long time ago, in a country not so far away, I was eight years old, doing my best Darth Vader imitation.

Everyone has their own approach to how they work.

I don't see how you can give someone who lied to the extent that he did a second chance in the same line of work.

I have two sisters and a mother, obviously, so I grew up with a household of girls. Maybe I have a greater respect for women because of it.

One of the things I find about acting is that the less the audience knows about the actor, the more they're able to believe in him in the role.

I don't think things like trust should just be handed out. You have to earn that.

I've always been kind of a hermit.

I try to stay away from the L.A. scene as much as possible. I feel it helps me to better prepare for my roles if I am not too involved in that whole thing.

I wish they taught green screen acting classes.

I love my mother Ali so much. I'm a momma's boy. I just have a very cool mom. It's not as though I had any say in the matter. I'm just really fortunate. She's the most kind, loving, giving woman.

Every good poem asks a question, and every good poet asks every question.

Don't wait for the right conditions. All you need for your growth is available to you in this moment

Exigencies create the necessary ability to meet and conquer them.

I have spent the better part of my adult life standing up and fighting for working families.

While nature thus very early and very abundantly feeds us, she is very late in tutoring us as to the proper methodization of our diet.

Before you condemn me my friends, I suggest you look deep inside you. For good and evil exists in us all.

...Attempts at imitation would put the emphasis where it didn't belong. The goal was to improve the lives of others, not oneself.

We are drawn to Twitter the way we are drawn to the scene of an accident.

Winning is great, sure, but if you are really going to do something in life, the secret is learning how to lose.