I don't want to be one of those 40-something guys in L.A. still dating, still going out to clubs and chasing 21-year-olds. It's not a good look.

When you release endorphins, you just feel good.

I never really had that father figure to look up to. I think that's the reason I'm so ambitious. I felt like I wasn't appreciated as a child so I wanted to prove my worth as an adult, as an actor.

The reason so many celebrities try to keep things secret is you want the chance to get to know someone without the glare of public scrutiny.

I'm estranged from my father and that relationship, as a young man, is incredibly important. It's probably responsible for the man I've become.

I don't think I'm destined to be the eternal bachelor.

Fame introduced me to a world of instant gratification and decadence I hadn't seen before.

There's no perfect relationship. All relationships are work. If you put in the work, you'll reap the rewards.

It's a privilege to act, and you have to protect and cherish it.

Having a profile means you have to be cautious of who you let into your world, as you don't know if they're being genuine or not, but it's more that it can be a strain on your relationships.

You connect with who you connect with, and if your feelings are strong enough then you'll make that work.

When one with honeyed words but evil mindPersuades the mob, great woes befall the state.

Words that defy reality are ominous. And it’s ominous reality that confronts those who would obscure the wise and worthy.

Just imagine walking away from something you’ve started. Something you really believed would be good. I don’t think i could ever do that.

We who are liberal and progressive know that the poor are our equals in every sense except that of being equal to us.

This is where you see the truth of entertainment, because it is not edited. You see it on stage as it is happening. Even if we fall down or forget our words, it's a part of live entertainment.

Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.Courageous, untroubled, mocking and violent-that is what Wisdom wants us to be. Wisdom is a woman, and loves only a warrior.

It's kind of like I'm Phil Spector and I'm forcing a young girl to make pop music and perform exhaustively. Except, instead of it being someone else, that girl is also me.

What has appealed to me most in Tolstoy's life is that he practiced what he preached and reckoned no cost too great in his pursuit of truth.

I report the truth of what is happening here in Baghdad and will not apologize for it.

Prudence supposes the value of the end to be assumed, and refers only to the adaptation of the means. It is the relation of right means for given ends.