I do my work as an actor, but another part of my work goes to the piece as a whole. I can be fairly detached looking at my work and be brutal on myself.

The reality is, we can change. We can change ourselves. We can change our minds. We can change our hearts. And therefore the universe changes.

I don't regret anything. Everything happens for a reason-it's part of the healing process. Life is a healing process.

Always walk towards open doors. And if they slam shut in your face, kick that sucker in and keep going.

I can’t remember that I was ever looking for anything. I was waiting for something to touch me. It’s like, I’ll be open to it, and see if it moves me. There has to be a "falling in love" moment.

In saving Tibet, you save the possibility that we are all brothers, sisters.

Everyone responds to kindness.

There are times when telling lies are not a bad thing. It can be a compassionate thing. But to make it benign, you have to be aware of your compassionate reasons for telling that lie.

I'm younger than I once was. Internally. Less self-conscious. Less insecure.

I don't think that bravery is about skin. Bravery is about a willingness to show emotional need.

People get offended by animal rights campaigns. It's ludicrous. It's not as bad as mass animal death in a factory.

Forget about being impressive and commit to being real. Because being real is impressive!

To one who loves birds, morning always wakes up singing.

It was a huge challenge to learn digital painting well enough so that computers don't pop into mind when one sees one.

The people who control culture in China have no culture.

I asked for a glass of Chardonnay. And in a 9/11-like twist, they didn't have any. They offered me Pinot.

All things are dark to sorrow.

We read advertisements... to discover and enlarge our desires.

A cosmology that admits of only one male god limits women’s capacity to envision their full potential as human beings.

National Standards was not a narrative of past events but was leftwing revisionism and Political Correctness.

I feel like every word I say now, I can really inspire people.