I'm an actor, in particular, that likes to have a mask or something that can help me distance myself from the character. Like the moustache or an accent.

I believe that love that is true and real creates a respite from death. All cowardice comes from not loving, or not loving well, which is the same thing.

It's funny I'm in some ways hopelessly masculine, but I don't fish, I don't hunt, I'm not that into sports. I can't fix a car. I think it's my point of view and the way I see the world.

Yes, Im a New Yorker, born and bred. While Im not quite the L.A. snob that Woody Allen is, I do find myself happier in New York.

I don't know an actor who hasn't let himself down at some point. I imagine it's the same in politics. There's always the potential to self sabotage.

It's sort of cliche, but when you're playing drunk, your character is trying to appear sober.

I really feel incredibly fortunate to not be stereotyped. And it's something that I and my representatives are very keen on preserving.

I don't know how to play myself. I'm not interested enough in myself. That's just not how I was educated. That's not how I learned to become an actor. Acting is creating a character.

Having an opportunity to play different characters, and work in different mediums, that's what's fun. The worst question you could be asked is, "What do you like better, film, television or theater?"

Bad criticism has followed things like comic books or TV, and they put down a medium. A medium cannot be inherently good or bad.

Certain media attracts more pulpy or low-brow things, especially when they're young. Finding the best story, in any particular medium, is going to be as good, in any other medium.

Not every gift must you stretch your hands to take! Sometimes, just put your hands by your side and humbly and courageously say thank you!

If I had to narrow my choice of meats down to one for the rest of my life, I am quite certain that meat would be pork.

Do not humiliate people, shame is a lifetime lasting effect that can be nursed but can never be cured.

Be the fish that discovers the water and don't let the moment exceed her weakness

I am a Christian and a Democrat, that's all.

In comparison with a loving human being, everything else is worthless.

Many investors seem to have forgotten a hard reality: There are frequent periods when stock markets don't do much.

The enemy is never more unnerving than when he's invisible.

I am not doing it just for the money or for you.I am doing it for me.

I guess my mantra is you have to work really hard if you want something. You have to be committed to hard work and persistence even when it gets tough.