I have a lot of respect for the bikers, which I've always had.

I've been riding for 36 years. I started when I was 14-years-old. I was one of those crazy guys, riding wheelies up and down the streets, all the time. I love riding. It's in my blood.

As long as I ride motorcycles, which God willing is another 50 years, I'll always have Alvarez in my heart. I'm hoping for 10 seasons of Sons of Anarchy.

I ride five days out of the week. In fact, I take my bike as much as I can, especially with L.A. traffic. You want to get in and out, all the time.

Some of the best roles are for women in these independent, smaller movies.

I grew up in a very old-fashioned Roman Catholic, Italian-Irish family in Philly.

Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.

Your mind grows through use.

It has always been the prime function of mythology and rite to supply the symbols that carry the human spirit forward.

The life in which nothing happens goes the fastest, because it has no landmarks.

History clearly demonstrates that governing is a task that exceeds man's ability.

There's never been anything funny about a woman dying for love.

I was sad to leave 'Downton,' but I will always remember it fondly, as they did me a lot of favours. I owe them a lot.

And you go into a supermarket and every tabloid is like, 'Pregnant and Alone!' Stuck in the 1950s ideal of how a woman should live her life. This brings out the fiery feminist in me.