I'm shocked at being recognized.

The comfort zone is the great enemy to creativity; moving beyond it necessitates intuition, which in turn configures new perspectives and conquers fears.

I've had to learn when not to tweet. Like, you learn how to keep your mouth shut? Learn to keep your tweet shut.

All my early school reports from the age of 5 were 'Daniel must learn not to distract others.'

I don't see money or a particular status as an actor as a goal, but I want to do the best work I can in as interesting a range of roles as I can.

I never quite toed the line.

I do listen to a lot of music. Actually, I very often ask directors if they can offer up a play list. They very often have one anyway that they're listening to.

It's the challenge of trying to evoke any kind of sympathy for a role that ordinarily we would say, "Oh, this is a bad guy" and dismiss him.

I've never been a fan of directors who clutter a piece with all sorts of crazy preconceptions or weird ideas.

Soap opera seems to be a dirty word, but actually they are the most popular shows we have.

I haven't done as many films as I would have liked.

As for women who were pretty, intelligent, strikingly sensual, the daughters of rich families—they would only have served to disrupt my carefully ordered existence

I cannot say whether things will get better if we change

Do not be surprised that the world hates you, the truth is coming from the atheists I know.

If America has the right to target Osama bin Laden, or terrorists, of course Israel has the right to defend itself from terrorism.

When you run for president you have certain obligations. One of them would be to avoid even the appearance of conflicts of interest.

Sometimes one word can recall a whole span of life.

I only stayed because you turned the lights out.

... But he believed that every great love was in some measure a terrible mistake.

I prefer just a women's race. It's a totally different game mentally.

If I come up with rules or limitations it focuses me in a direction. And those rules can change if you realize it's a dumb idea. You start to mutate it to see what fits best.