I think if I were to go back on stage I might be in great danger of acting.

If I were to play somebody who ran a fish and chip shop, I would not work in a fish and chip shop for three months. Staring at chips is not going to help me in my performance.

I think the cinema you like has more to do with silence, and the theater you like has more to do with language.

One of the greatest things drama can do, at it's best, is to redefine the words we use every day such as love, home, family, loyalty and envy. Tragedy need not be a downer.

Family is family over the internet, over Skype, over the telephone. Love is love. You don't have to actually go through some ritual to prove that you love somebody.

Fifteen years before I became a screen actor, I was in the theatre. A lot of my work was comedy, which I loved doing. It's harder.

With narration, you have to be very accurate with your voice. It's a good exercise to do.

Equal partners aren't always what we envision as being manifestly equal. Equality can come in many different shapes and sizes and combinations.

I do remember, as a child, that I always imagined, when I was maybe 6 or 7, my fantasy was that everywhere I went I was being followed by an invisible film crew.

They're a very strange lot actors, very strange people.

You cannot learn a lesson of profound forgiveness unless you understand what it is to be wounded and forgive that which has wounded you.

In my experience, what every true artist wants, really wants, is to be paid.

Be brave, little rabbit. Take a chance.

The more I use my strength in the service of my vision the less I am afraid.

Giving other people advice is one of the most irritating and useless activities known to man.

An unread book does nobody any good

Being in attack mode is something I try to bring into every single game, and that's what's making me be so successful.

If you want to get somewhere in this life, learn to draw beautiful women.

Virginius Pass, go across the Talus slope and pick up the route through the notch, it is steep, slippery, brutal.

For me to act natural and real but also try to be funny while doing that is hard.

When I'm in a restaurant, I don't eat red meat. It doesn't taste like anything. But if a friend of mine is grilling stuff at his house, its almost always great.