I had to learn how to become a real actor, I had to suffer and be rejected and face that 100 times just like every actor. It wasn't like someone handed it to me

In my freshman year in high school, I went to the only public high school in Boston with a theatre program.

I didn't have big movie offers, or any big agents wanting to work with me. I had to go grassroots, start at the bottom and go on 150 auditions before someone finally gave me a shot

The food in Europe is pretty disappointing. I like fried chicken. But other than that Europe is great.

Ultimately in the end, it's the director's choice

We're entertainers, while people want us to be gods.

I wish I was a guy who could have pancakes and bacon and cheesy eggs, but I'd curl up and pass out. I gotta start healthy or I'll be off the rails all day.

What's important is self-appreciation

I love the rush of being creative. I really think I live for it.

For young filmmakers, Saw is a perfect film. It doesn't cost the GNP of almost every country of the world.

I try to ground most of my characters in reality somehow. That's kind of what I bring to the table.

Your Mercy is my social status.

It is when we are faced with death that we turn most bookish.

Through many tribulations, we begin to search for the truth.

Drama is very important in life: You have to come on with a bang. You never want to go out with a whimper.

We get so much in the habit of wearing disguises before others that we finally appear disguised before ourselves.

Hatred of evil does not diminish evil, it increases it.

The lessons of the past should steer us towards ensuring lasting legacies for generations yet to be born.

She's got some sort of notion in her head concerning the eternal rights of women.

The Master acts without doing, and everything gets done.

I have an 800 freephone number now that I call if I get the urge to buy an airline stock. I call at two in the morning and I say: "My name is Warren and I'm an aeroholic." And then they talk me down.