I have been doing acting my whole life. I did plays in high school. I take it pretty seriously. I used to do a lot of Shakespeare and Shakespearean festivals and monologues.

You never really see me acting a fool on TV.

I can work myself up into a fearful, paralyzing state of mind that can last for days, weeks even months where I feel mad, totally isolated and alone, overwhelmed and completely out of control.

My house has always been like everyone's house. You walk in, you're a part of the family, no matter who you are, what celebrity status you are, everyone is treated the same - with love from my mom.

I took the LSAT the day 'Jersey Shore' premiered, and after that I was too busy to go to law school.

I like to be dressy casual. I wear jeans and nice sneakers. I wear nice clothes, but not super dressed up. I don't wear too much jewelry. I keep it simple and maybe wear just a little chain.

I am fascinated by quantum physics.

My mother's my biggest supporter.

You need sucky things in life to make you stronger.

Partying isn't every aspect to my personality.

Anxiety is a natural thing humans have. You know, that's how we evolve. That's how we are, you know, we think things through. Sometimes my mind just thinks things through a lot.

A long walk is a slow remembering of how profound and wonderful life is

[W]orship, if not the child, is at leastthe brother, of fear.

Our generation thinks only about where they are going not how they are driving

I wanted to do new things with dance, adapt it to the motion picture medium.

A lot that was happening in 2005, 2006, good and bad, the beats reflected it. It was a lot of money around. People was making music to throw money to.

What should I do about the wild and the tame? The wild heart that wants to be free, and the tame heart that wants to come home.

Because my mother was in love with Bobby Darin, I grew up with his records playing in our house all the time.

Words spoken about the Way have no taste. When looked at, there's not enough to see. When listened to, there's not enough to hear. When used, it is never exhausted.

Peace, peace! he is not dead, he doth not sleep - he hath awakened from the dream of life - 'Tis we, who lost in stormy visions, keep with phantoms an unprofitable strife.

A man may lose the good things of this life against his will; but if he loses the eternal blessings, he does so with his own consent.