I'm honestly ashamed to call you my friend sometimes.

They don't sell friends in stores....

To reveal the beauty of life, let your tears wash away the shadows of darkness.

Sometimes it’s like people are a million times more beautiful to you in your mind. It’s like you see them through a special lens — but maybe if it’s how you see them, that’s how they really are.

Maturity is the slowness in which a man believes.

I was excited about working with Richard Gere. Oh, and Joan Allen! Oh, my God, she is such a force of nature, it's mind boggling.

hindsight is gained through experience

Art is an attitude toward life. If you aim your work and your life high, keep your scene harmonious, then you're an artist and your life is art.

Through all permutations and youthful poetry, I came to believe that the film actor was the great "literateur" of his time.

My hope is that I'm getting better and wiser. With every book, I have more of myself to pour onto the page.

Michael Steele! You be da man! You be da man!

I'm grateful to be working. The most exciting thing for me is that I never get bored - I've done comedy, drama, musical theatre and now Shakespeare.