I have, in some ways, saved characters that have been marginalized by society by playing them - and having them still have dignity and still survive, still get through it.

Part of me longs to do a job where there's not a gray area.

It's an interesting combination: Having a great fear of being alone, and having a desperate need for solitude and the solitary experience. That's always been a tug of war for me.

I already did my coming out about a thousand years ago, back in the stone age.

Normal is not something to aspire to, it's something to get away from.

Being understood is not the most essential thing in life.

I've always had this idea that I wanted movies to make people better not worse.

Love and respect are the most important aspects of parenting, and of all relationships.

Let how you live your life stand for something, no matter how small and incidental it may seem.

Privacy above all else. Some day, in the future, people will look back and remember how beautiful it once was.

Knowing what paint a painter uses or having an understanding of where he was in the history of where he came from doesn't hurt your appreciation of the painting.

Death, taxes and childbirth! There's never any convenient time for any of them.

How well do we actually know ourselves? Can we dare to say that we really know someone, like really, really know them?

You must carry on my spirit. It can no longer be carried by a god. It must be taken up by all of you. - Pan

The crypto currency community hasn't decided whether they want to be anarchist rebels or to replace the establishment.

And now I wish I hadn’t been civil, because he says he shall not despair! He is as stupid as Endymion!” “No, no!” said Alverstoke soothingly. “Nobody could be as stupid as Endymion!

I have no control over what people call me. The only thing I have control over is my work, and that's really all I can be judged on.

I grew up watching movies that just transformed my vision, not just in cinema, in life, and you discover that this - it's an endless tool.

If there is innocence on Earth again, I tend to imagine it in more [Henry David]Thoreau sort of terms.

Selling to people who actually want to hear from you is more effective than interrupting strangers who don't.

Sitcom hours are silly easy compared to drama. Whenever an actor on a sitcom complains, I feel like smacking them!