I'm an optimist by nature, myself, I think.

It is brilliant going to the theatre and being forced to sit and listen and think about life. It can be almost a near-religious experience.

When I'm panicked about my love handles, I go to the YMCA and get obsessed with Kid Rock videos as I'm on the running machine.

I did my homework and didn't go out much, and had a very highly developed kitsch fantasy life where I dreamed of being a dancing girl.

You don't have to be brilliant at everything. You just have to have the courage to put yourself in the line of fire.

Los Angeles is like a beauty parlor at the end of the universe.

You are exposing yourself all the time as an actor. There's the risk of being thought of as bad or boring or unattractive.

So far I haven't really been prominent enough to get critical attention focused on me. So, of course, I fully expect bad reviews, but I will be wracked with misery as a result.

I want any excuse to come home. My dad is not a spring chicken any more. If anyone says, 'Go buy a postage stamp in London,' I'll go and do it.

Breakfast is my favorite meal. I cook a big one for everyone - bacon and eggs. I own a lot of eggcups.

51st State was one that I loved doing because the character was so out there, and in a way I was sad to leave the character behind. I'm afraid I could never be that cool in real life!

He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.

You do not beg the sun for mercy.-Maud'dib's Travail from The Stilgar Commentary

YouTube is akin to having my own network.

Though my verse but roam the air And murmur in the trees, You may discern a purpose there, As in music of the bees.

Only where there is disillusionment and depression and sorrow does happiness arise; without the despair of loss, there is no hope.

A new study says that working fewer hours can slow global warming. So you know what that means? President Obama's economic policy is also his climate change policy.

If we are to cherish freedom, and to guard it, we must remember what the alternative is: the bread of affliction and the bitter herbs of slavery.

Men will not believe because they will not broaden their minds.

I just try to play make-believe and pretend the world is magical and awesome as much as possible.

You know, in politics when you come in third, it's a win.