I do not fault anyone else who makes choices to play characters that they wished they hadn't... Because at the end of the day, none of us are happy with our jobs all the time.

I waited a long time out in the world before I gave myself permission to fail. Please don't even bother asking. Don't bother telling the world you are ready. Show it. Do it.

I spend my nights just sitting and reading a book and drinking my tea and walking my dog. That's about as exciting as my life gets.

I hate that word — 'lucky.' It cheapens a lot of hard work

I love animals. All animals. I wouldn't hurt a cat or a dog — or a chicken, or a cow. And I wouldn't ask someone else to hurt them for me. That's why I'm a vegetarian.

You can say no. You can not be the object of ridicule.

I was fortunate enough to have an upbringing that made me more accepting of who I am.

I dress and eat like a fifth-grader, basically. I like sandwiches and cereal and hooded sweatshirts.

George Martin is an incredible writer.

Being on television, playing the same character for many years, for me, I think that would get a little tedious.

Call me Elf......one more time!

I can’t comprehend why any black man with even a lick of sense would have the slightest bit of interest in time travel. Going backward in time? A black man? You have got to be out of your mind.

I couldn't bear a marriage in which one partner hinges on the other.

I don't need an overpowering, powerful, rich man to feel secure. I'd much rather have a man who is there for me, who really loves me, who is growing, who is real.

There is, happily, no limit to the faith of human nature in believing what it wants to believe.

Experience is a great teacher, and sometimes a pretty teacher is a great experience.

If there is a rotten government in a democracy, the main reason for this is that there is a rotten majority over there!

All natural objects make a kindred impression, when the mind is open to their influence.

I think you can decide how much of yourself you're willing to make public.

To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.

There is no such thing as several Romanias, but only politicians who divide Romania depending on the interests of their parties and their clout.