I never pretended to be a great actor.

My first business deal was with my mother. I invested in chickens. I sold the eggs to my mother.

People say I'm a one-note actor, but the way I figure it, those other guys are just looking for that one right note.

After 87 pictures in 47 years, I knew when to quit.

This world's divided into two kinds of people: the hunter and the hunted. Luckily I'm the hunter. Nothing can change that.

I have no regrets, except perhaps one: I should have tried harder to be a better actor.

I turned down as many roles that I thought were beyond my abilities as I did ones I thought weren't good enough.

Duke Wayne played a mean guy but never an anti-hero.

I'm happy with the amount of success I've achieved. I feel like I'm getting better every day and I'm always learning. I don't take anything for granted and I've gained a deeper perspective on things.

The Vampire Diaries is the story of Elena falling in love with Damon.

Because I have success, it doesn't mean I'm part of the mainstream. I'm still an outsider.

Friends are like windows through which you see out into the world and back into yourself. If you don't have friends you see much less than you otherwise might.

Nostalgia for what we have lost is more bearable than nostalgia for what we have never had, for the first involves knowledge and pleasure, the second only ignorance and pain.

I don't want to die ... I don't want to die poor. Two great motivators in the history of human cultures.

I got a camera when I was nine years old and it wasn't until I was a model that I realized you could be a photographer for a job.

My childhood was very colourful, and I am very good friends with both my parents. We have no secrets.

I'm one who needs to be in the space [for] a sense of place and order. It's crucial.

When all of your friends are getting pregnant, you start thinking about it. But for Amy and I, show business is our baby.