I don't want to be labeled as either a pansy or a heterosexual. Labeling is so self-limiting. We are what we do - not what we say we are.

Failure and its accompanying misery is for the artist his most vital source of creative energy.

The closer we come to the negative, to death, the more we blossom.

Look, I'm not odd. I'm just trying to be an actor; not a movie star, an actor.

Nobody ever lies about being lonely.

Noah, from 'The Young Lions' (1958), was the best performance of my life. I couldn't have given more of myself. I'll never be able to do it again. Never.

If a man don't go his own way, he is nothing.

Look, if you're playing Romeo and your Juliet is a pig, you find something you can love about pigs!

James Dean's death had a profound effect on me. The instant I heard about it, I vomited. I don't know why.

A man should be what he can do.

The thing that bugs me is the average woman's complete ignorance of the functional purpose of cosmetics, which is to supplement, not conceal.

i'm not a dreamerI Just believe in Allah (God)

You don’t have to solve it, only evolve it!

I think my eyes were knocked open and they don't close. I sometimes wish I could close them and look away.

You can't avoid fear. No magic potion will take it away. And you can't wait for motivation to get you going. To conquer fear, you have to feel the fear and take action anyway.

Pity only on fresh objects stays, but with the tedious sight of woes decays.

As an actor, I would call it a role where you get to stretch out a bit.

Coffee gives me bad breath.

Evidence of trust begets trust, and love is reciprocated by love.

The ego is like a kid in the basement: It's best to keep him busy.

I grew up in a Chinese family where the parents No. 1 priority is the kids education.