I much prefer the company of the crew, the sort of 'blue-collar working person.' I much more have that sensibility than what the public perceives as what a typical actor would have.

I learned construction and carpentry from my father at a young age, so I felt very comfortable and I felt very satisfied when I worked in that field.

Dont listen to anybody. Nobody knows the magic bullet. If they did, theyd sell it and make a fortune. Follow your gut. Follow your instincts. Every once in a while, take a chance.

My favorite part about going to the gym used to be leaving.

The truth just happens - lies take time to make.

Everybody works in a different way, and I've worked with actors that have no training whatsoever who are phenomenal.

As an actor, you try to put a little bit of yourself in everything you do.

Most people don't like challenges at work. Actors love challenges at work.

The fact that I am able to live a life and act and to do all of those things and support myself and my family is a gift.

You've got to get your mind connected to the workout. Pay attention to what your body's doing. It's about connecting mind and the body. Visualize the muscles moving.

Sometimes you walk out of an audition and you kind of know you nailed it and you're probably going to book it, but you very rarely are told in the room by the people who are hiring you.

We feel that even if all possible scientific questions be answered, the problems of life have still not been touched at all.

In the grammar of the phallus -- the I, I, I -- [woman] can't utter female experience.

Faith is above all openness an act of trust in the unknown.

Taste may change, but inclination never.

When you're having a bad day at work, a lot of times it's your head. When you're having good days, a lot of times it's the absence of the mind.

If you put up posters around town for high-school kids, high-school kids will come. If you're casting politicians, you can't put up posters and have politicians come down.

The smartphone revolution is under-hyped, more people have access to phones than access to running water. We've never had anything like this before since the beginning of the planet.

We're all not quite as sane as we pretend to be.

To become an expert achiever in any human activity, it takes practice... practice... practice.

O you beast! I'll so maul you and your toasting-iron, That you shall think the devil is come from hell.