I love my voice. But I'd be the first one to make a criticism of it, so I'm not the best person to critique because I'm pretty hard on myself.

I'm definitely really shy on some level. But on another level, I'm all entertainer. It's a strange dichotomy, but it's true.

They (the French) have taken genius instead of reason for their guide, adopted experiment instead of experience, and wander in the dark because they prefer lightning to light.

People have struggled for the benefits of others, you can struggle at least for your own benefit.

I'm about to embark on what may be as important as an initiative as anything I do as President, trying to nudge the world in the direction of doing something serious about climate change.

I'm a really good team player. That's what it takes to work in the theater. That's what it takes to work in a band with musicians and writers.

You can always speak with great authority on how well you played today, but never on how you'll play tomorrow.

Entitlement? How can you be entitled to someone else's money?

I never dreamed of being an actor, but I'm beginning to love it more and more because I like challenging myself. When I feel like I'm not learning or having fun anymore, then I'll stop.

Brandon Boyd of Incubus is hot, but he's too pretty.

A thousand things to be written had I time: had I power. A very little writing uses up my capacity for writing.

I started writing short fiction very briefly, as I imagine is the case for some novelists.