I don't like that I'm my own commodity, that I am what I sell.

An actor really suffers when the director isn't prepared because you start running out of time for the shoot and then have to do it fast.

That's when the great stuff happens, when you're not checking yourself all the time, being critical of yourself and what other people are doing.

People who are interested in the arts and theater are such a minority.

It's hard to regulate the speed at which you can achieve something creative and emotional.

And my first film was Carnal Knowledge, another amazing experience, largely because of Mike Nichols, who would tell me you can't do anything wrong because you're doing everything right.

The Oscar nomination made me a recognizable name to other actors and people in general.

My face is my career.

Work is the most nourishing thing so far in my life.

I know I'll work, but not when or where. I never know what to pack.

I only eat things that you don't have to kill.

Elinor agreed to it all, for she did not think he deserved the compliment of rational opposition.

A chief is a man who assumes responsibility. He says 'I was beaten', he does not say 'My men were beaten.'

Remember me when you do pray that hope doth lead from day to day.

FAUSTUS. [Stabbing his arm.] Lo, Mephistophilis, for love of thee, I cut mine arm, and with my proper blood Assure my soul to be great Lucifer's, Chief lord and regent of perpetual night!

It is perhaps wrong to say that the enemy of enlightenment is logic; rather, it is dualistic, verbal thinking. In fact, it is even more basic than that: it is perception.

And its object is Art not power, sub-creation not domination and tyrannous re-forming of Creation.

“Doesn't have to be easy to be right.” In that case, we're meant for each other.

I try to write from a really honest place when I write pop music and carry the song into a more deep and more symbolic visual

If we like what we do, if we always do our best, then we are really enjoying life. We are having fun, we don't get bored, we don't have frustrations.

Sometimes we don't even realize what we really care about, because we get so distracted by the symbols.