I think there is a lot of overexplaining both in writing and acting. People don't need to be hit on the head.

You go back to those films of the '40s and '50s and hear the dialogue, the way the people played off each other, the wordplay. I think we've really lost that in movies.

I just like to keep challenging myself, keep it varied. It's a craft, and I'm constantly trying to learn and get better at it.

Parenthood and family come first for me, and when I'm not working I'm cool with the Teletubbies.

I feel for those 19-year-olds who get thrust into the limelight that young.

It's important to me that everyone is treated with respect.

I always want my options to be open.

Every journalist who is not too stupid or too full of himself to notice what is going on knows that what he does is morally indefensible.

You won't find a better young actor than Jaeden Lieberher. I ended up having one of the best times with him, really. Going to work with him every day was a treat.

The sexiest part of the body is the eyes. That's what I believe.

I don't think you necessarily identify and believe in the motifs of the character, but you have to want to play it and want to commit to the lines.

Be able to go shopping for a bathing suit and not become depressed afterward.

Exhaustion is temporary. Pain is temporary. But Helene dying because I didn't find a way to get her back on time—that's permanent.

The universe will use any vehicle and any medium to communicate with us. Our job is to be alert and to listen.

Soldiers' graves are the greatest preachers of peace.

It's all very well to read about sorrows and imagine yourself living through them heroically, but it's not so nice when you really come to have them, is it?

An actor is supposed to be a sensitive instrument.

So. Are you guys here to convert me or sell me siding?

Perhaps YOU can help solve a mystery.

I think the greatest thing that we can do is take care of each other.

If I had to reduce the responsibilities of a good follower to a single rule, it would be to speak truth to power.