For me, becoming a man had a lot to do with learning communication, and I learned about that by acting.

Acting is really about having the courage to fail in front of people.

In the military, you learn the essence of people. You see so many examples of self-sacrifice and moral courage. In the rest of life you don't get that many opportunities to be sure of your friends.

If I'm not doing something or working on something, I literally just sit in the room and think, which I don't think is productive. I won't go outside for days.

I feel like I'll never get over red carpets. They're so bizarre and awkward.

I have a control problem. I hate the feeling of not being in control.

It's hard to kill that father-son bond.

I loved being in the Marine Corps, I loved my job in the Marine Corps, and I loved the people I served with. It's one of the best things I've had a chance to do.

I used to eat a whole chicken every day, for lunch. I did that for four years. But it got tiring - go to the store, buy it, eat it. It’s a mess.

Acting, to me, has been many things: It's a business, and it's a craft, and it's a political act - it's whatever adjective is most applicable.

I originally passed on 'Girls' because I thought TV was evil.

Don’t let the situation say stop to your true purpose

Don't clutter your life with things that bring you down. Focus on the things that life you up.

He has such a patronizing tone and manner, and such a sarcastic sense of humor. I found him rather brutal, a kind of elegant brutality which appealed. No, I think he came pretty much off the page.

The citizens of America expect more. They deserve and they want more than a recital of problems.

The best party is but a kind of conspiracy against the rest of the nation.

It's a happy life, but someone is missing. It's a happy life, and someone is missing.

I don't want to be ignorant in my daughter's eyes.

Old people, don't watch it because you might die just watching it.

We are like people with short-term leases on summer cottages; we can never seem to make our provisions come out even with our stay.

Not meddling with Divinity, Metaphysicks, Moralls, Politicks, Grammar, Rhetorick, or Logick.