I know it's boring to say this but I always start with the script. I mean if it's well written and it's a character that I haven't necessarily played before.

Somewhere along the line we stopped believing we could do anything. And if we don't have our dreams, we have nothing.

I don't have a fear of flying; I have a fear of crashing.

I was the fattest baby in Clark County, Arkansas. They put me in the newspaper. It was like a prize turnip.

Getting the nomination is like gravy. Winning would be like whatever is better than gravy.

I believe in running through the rain and crashing into the person you love and having your lips bleed on each other.

I attribute all my success to ignorance. If you don't ever think about not getting where you want to be, I think it helps you out.

Marketing is the devil.

If you love somebody let them know every day.

Usually when you're playing a character, you think a lot about their backstory.

You want to know the hardest thing about being smart? What? I pretty much always know what's going to happen next; there's no suspense.

The best self is a good being.

I would like to be without shame. I would like to be shameless. I would like to be ignorant. Then I would not know how ignorant I was.

I'm not impressed by someone's degree... I'm impressed by them making movies.

I have time to breathe, time to be myself more often, I am a lot more relaxed and less guarded.

We categorize as we do because we have the brains and bodies we have and because we interact in the world as we do.

This is an impressive crowd: the Have's and Have-more's. Some people call you the elites. I call you my base.

In the islands of the Aegean Sea, every island is full of graves.

I'm not sure if I'm most happy when I'm comfortable and content or when I'm pushing myself to the limits. There are such different versions of happy, and I really appreciate both.

I'm still not sure what is meant by good fortune and success. I know fame and power are for the birds. But then life suddenly comes into focus for me. And, ah, there stand my kids.

Never go into business purely to make money. If that's the motive you're better off doing nothing.