I like to play with things a while before annihilation.

If Jesus came back today, and saw what was going on in his name, he'd never stop throwing up.

Producers are not gamblers. They want a good return on their investment.

I began imagining scenes in public which some drunk would come up to me and slap me in the face. Nothing like that ever happened, but I often wonder if I would have turned the other cheek

I remember those days with Bergman with great nostalgia. We were aware that the films were going to be quite important, and the work felt meaningful.

A vacation spot out of season always has a very special magic

I think English is a fantastic, rich and musical language, but of course your mother tongue is the most important for an actor

Do it, do it, do it. And watch good actors. See what they are doing and how they are doing it. You have to practically participate, I think, in order to develop yourself.

I just feel I shouldn't work too much, because there are so many other things to do

In a theater, the part is mine and I can control it as I want to. In the movies, I don't have direct contact, and I am fighting technical machinery

I don't believe in devils. Indifference and misunderstandings can create evil situations. Most of the time, people who appear to be evil are really victims of evil deeds.

Never treat people with disdain, they all deserve your respect irrespective of their faith or religion

The most incredible thing about being a parent is seeing your own personality come out in your children.

Every single aspect of what we do at work comes down to people and managing people, selling to people, working with people or making them do what you want them to do.

The argument holds no water at all, not even a thimbleful.

I try to think about my goals. I think about my competitors-I know they're working hard, and if they are, I have to work hard too. I have to be one step ahead of them.

The nobility which exists within any cause is to be found not in any achievement, but instead within the struggle.

The danger of loss of faith in God is not that one will believe in nothing, but rather that one will believe in anything.

People are optimistic about the future.

Let me introduce my friend, Cat.’ The redhead, and for some reason, she looked familiar. ‘Her husband Bones’ – here Vlad smiled coolly at the short-haired brunet – ‘is not my friend.

Often I feel I go to some distant region of the world to be reminded of who I really am.