I suppose it's really satisfying to play someone with secrets. It's really satisfying to decide how and when those things are going to start being revealed, and how subtle to be.

I'm incredibly grateful for Sophie Barthes, I'll always be incredibly grateful for her being generous enough to believe in what I thought. And it was just lucky that I met the right person.

If you want an honest dialogue, you can't criticize someone for what they say. You can't teach someone to think in a certain way.

There was still an element in acting, certainly for my dad, of like, "This is lunacy." But then once my parents could tell that I was serious, it was like, "Okay then."

Once you get an agent you're given an opportunity to try a little bit more. It's a really long ladder.

Never be afraid of opportunities, always be on the lookout for adventures.

Take care not to listen to anyone who tells you what you can and can't be in life.

Founding a company is a sheer act of will and tenacity in the face of immense skepticism from everyone - investors, customers, friends, family, and employees, to name a few.

Traveling is one way of lengthening life, at least in appearance.

I realized that If I had to choose, I would rather have birds than airplanes.

We have a master who deserves radical sacrifice.

The right way to play golf is to go up and hit the bloody thing.

War wreaked on you his hideous ravishment; We, we alone, Nereids inviolate, Remain to weep, with the sea-birds to chant: Corinth is lost, Corinth is desolate.

It's best to start the discipline of generosity when the amounts are small. It's easy to give ten cents out of a dollar; it's a little harder to give a hundred thousand out of a million.

My greatest responsibility is to acknowledge the mistakes and the shortcomings of the country in which I live, to acknowledge my privileges, and to try to make it a better place.