Fighting is dancing. Look at a great boxing match, and it's a dancing.

The measure of a superhero is always his nemesis.

Listening is the essence of anything.

The thing about romance and romantic movies is that they can be somewhat melodramatic. For a lot of actors, there's a certain cringe factor that's involved with that.

It's good to play something that's black and white, and a guy that sees right and wrong. I've never played a character like that.

For a foreigner, L.A. is such a big, wonderful and weird place that, until you find your niche, you feel a little bit discombobulated.

Lasse [Hallström] is really good at emotionally engaging an audience without hitting them over the face with it.

Pain or love or danger makes you real again....

The truth, my friend, is an awesome thing, to be handled with wisdom and with courage denied to ordinary people. Most of us must make do with illusions. Or else -- or else we could not endure.

Hobbies may eventually grow into a major activity that brings money

The writer's object is - or should be - to hold the reader's attention.

A good man giving bad advice is more dangerous than a nasty man giving bad advice.

You just may be a redneck if your lawn furniture used to be your living room furniture.

When is conduct a crime, and when is a crime not a crime? When "Somebody Up There" - a monarch, a dictator, a Pope, a legislator - so decrees.

The act of reading is a partnership. The author builds a house, but the reader makes it a home.

In church your grandsire cut his throat; to do the job too long he tarried: he should have had my hearty vote to cut his throat before he married.

Every show, every audience is different, and I just love leaving the venue feeling like we all know each other a little bit better.