I love any kind of recognition because as an actor I'm very hard on myself sometimes.

I can't think of anything I can't stand the taste of less than brussels sprouts.

In Boston they have gone from large autonomous high schools to smaller schools within the same building.

When I go outside of L.A., no matter where it is, really anywhere I go, people will be stopping me or taking pictures or whatever it is. And it's great. It's amazing. I'm just lucky.

I've never liked to play stereotypes.

Jackson Rathbone—he is a prankster. Constantly scaring people from behind, stuff like that.

Acting is an art and a science and there is more to me then that young blonde kid.

Homer Simpson has been more inspirational to me than probably any cartoon character. What he represents, I think, there's a part of that in everybody. There certainly is in me, and I love that.

I am a story teller and I take each story very seriously.

I always thought it'd be fun to go to a sci-fi convention, watch a bunch of Klingons walking around, all of that kind of stuff.

I really don't care what I look like as long as it fits with the thing I'm working on.

You're the Baba Yaga?" He gazed at her in disbelief. "But the Baba Yaga is an ugly old crone, and you're, you're... not!

In politics, nothing good ever comes from the unexpected.

It was not facing what life dealt that made you crazy, but rather trying to set life straight where it was unstraightenable.

The vast upheaval of the World War set in motion forces that will either destroy civilization or raise mankind to undreamed of heights of human welfare and prosperity.

Use life to provide something that outlasts it.

There is nothing wrong with making mistakes, but one should always make new ones. Repeating mistakes is a hallmark of dim consciousness.

Twenty can't be expected to tolerate sixty in all things, and sixty gets bored stiff with twenty's eternal love affairs.

One of the advantages of not having a record contract is that you can make your own mistakes, you don't need somebody else to organize them for you.

In Russia I felt for the first time like a full human being. No color prejudice like in Mississippi, no color prejudice like in Washington. It was the first time I felt like a human being.

Texture is most evident where dark meets light on the turning edge and at the outer edge. Experience has taught us to assume that the areas in between have similar features.