I guess what I learned about myself is I'm a bit of a socialist; I want everyone on the set to get equal treatment and credit.

Dogs just need you and love, that's all.

It's exciting to take control of your future instead of waiting for the phone to ring.

I always cry at weddings, they're beautiful, and I'm always moved.

As an actor, I've always been interested in making sure I can perform the role and the lines in the way the writer intended.

My mom and my stepdad are both therapists.

The hardest thing is never what you think it's going to be.

I'm always amazed that if you pick up a script of something you played years ago, it all comes back so quickly. Even in your body, you remember your blocking and how it felt.

I think we all learn by doing rather than thinking about doing.

The saddest and strangest part of Hollywood to me is the fact that millions of dollars are spent on developing works that never get made. It doesn't make any sense to me. I don't understand it.

Don't be too afraid of failure to learn what you need to learn.

Why destroy this Morn, by a Past that is dead & Gone and a Future not yet Born!

He liked the mere act of reading, the magic of turning scratches on a page into words inside his head.

Keep people in your life who truly love you, motivate you, and make you happy. If you know people who do none of these things, let them go.

There are a lot of people who give you the message that maybe you are not good enough, and the best thing you can do for yourself is to block out all of that noise.

Without trust, the most essential element of innovation - conflict - becomes impossible.

It is always possible to get into a higher state of mind. The way you get into a higher state of mind is by generating good karma.

I believe that we learn by practice.

I never outline. I don't work from an outline. I have no idea where the book is going. I mean, even two-thirds of the way through, I don't know how it's going to end.

Sacrifices are concerned with the feelings of devotion and longing.