I try to create as many circumstances outside of set that help me fall into character when I get onto set.

Innately, there are qualities in human beings that are always repetitive. There are things like love and hate and jealousy that are just going to be there forever.

I read an interview with Mark Wahlberg, and he was like, ‘I might read a script and love it, but it’s all about the filmmaker.’ I think that’s a good lesson for me.

I think writing is such a great talent, and if I was better I would love to be a writer.

I like books that are funny, but that aren't trying to be funny. I like situational humor.

To sit down at a computer every day and write a script is commendable. I don't have the patience for it, but I have some fantastic ideas.

I'm a calm person who wants to talk about things and think things through.

People make up rumors and put them on the Internet.

It is enough", this malicious man tells us, "to extinguish the line of the defeated prince." Can one read this without quivering in horror and indignation?

Don't be afraid of who you're not.. Be afraid of never knowing who you are. Defend your authentic self.

I moved out of my head office and went out of my mind.

Mortal fate is hard. You'd best get used to it.

Obsession

If thou canst walk on water, thou art no better than a straw. If thou canst fly in the air, thou art no better than a fly. Conquer thy heart that thou mayest become somebody.

My parents were really nice to me.

Every person has the ability to improve the life of someone else.

All affectation is the vain and ridiculous attempt of poverty to appear rich

There is a fatality about good resolutions – that they are always made too late