I'm not quite as cool as I would like to be, really.

Try and understand what part you have to play in the world in which you live. There's more to life than you know and it's all happening out there. Discover what part you can play and then go for it.

I often thought my gravestone would say, 'Here lies Gandalf. He came out,'

Acting is a very personal process. It has to do with expressing your own personality, and discovering the character you're playing through your own experience - so we're all different.

To know you are in the company with people who love and care for each other, as well as for whatever they are working on, is almost essential.

I’ve often thought the Bible should have a disclaimer in the front saying this is fiction.

You can always pick out stage actors at the Oscars: they know how to walk.

We are very lucky to be men because women have a terrible time getting older parts. It's much more difficult.

Personally, coming out was one of the most important things I've ever done, lifting from my shoulders the millstone of lies that I hadn't even realized I was carrying.

When you were on stage, you could be absolutely open about your emotions and indulge them and express yourself in a way that - in real life - I wasn't doing.

Splendid architecture, the love of your life, an old friend... they can all go drifting by unseen if youre not careful.

Nature exists for man to exploit for his own ends, while the end of man himself is nothing else but to serve God, to be grateful to Him, and to worship Him alone.

Earl Nightingale has inspired more people toward success and fortune than any other motivational speaker on the planet.

God himself is increasing and progressing in knowledge, power, and dominion, and will do so, worlds without end.

No one's dropped a cent - there's no negative ads up against Donald Trump in Iowa which is crazy to think about.

It's ironic that Olympic spectators will never have seen Yiannis Kouros, the greatest Greek athlete since Pheidippides

You can't converse with Alzheimer's sufferers in the way you do with others; the dialogue tends to go round in circles.

We have the media, which is such a waste in the sense that you can actually feel your IQ get lower as you watch TV.

The real beginning of influence comes as others sense you are being influenced by them - when they feel understood by you - that you have listened deeply and sincerely, and that you are open.

After you get stung, you can't get unstung no matter how much you whine about it.

If you want to conquer anger, develop meekness and generosity.