I try to pick characters that I find interesting and complex and that I feel I can bring something of myself to.

My life has been the antithesis of that book 'The Secret'. I've always been interested in doing what I do. I love storytelling and I really enjoyed acting, but it never seemed like a realistic thing.

It's nice to know when you're a part of a story, it's nice to know at least something about the beginning, middle, and end.

Wes Craven is obviously a horror film icon so I was definitely very interested in bringing something back to life that Wes had created.

You know all those dangerous mutants you hear about in the news? I'm the worst one.

The best compliment was Ben Kingsley coming up to me, putting his hand on the back of my neck, and saying, "Good job, son.".

Of course, I'm not allowed to talk about the script, but I can say it is a really good story.

I've been recognized very seldom. I think I just look different in person than I do as the character.

I didn't follow the whole 'X-Men' story because it got too complicated. I'd pick up a comic book and have no idea what was going on.

I consider myself a blue-collar actor, just chugging away.

But a lot of shows, they pose questions and they give you a puzzle where there's no solution.

James - "Are you paying attention or just trying to make me look like an idoit?"Elizabeth - "Oh, I'm definately paying attention. If you look like an idiot it has nothing to do with me.

You want a great life? Well, greatness is on the other side of that fu**ing wall... don't just go over it, go through it! What are you waiting for?

Soon there would be the evening call to prayer and all over Zinder people would be thanking Allah for the gift of one more day, of one more moment in which to live and breathe.

99.99 percent of all species that have ever lived are no longer with us.

Does Being Happy simply Create More Time, in the way that Being Sad, as we all know, slows time and thickens it, like cornstarch in a sauce?).

The American way is the way most law-abiding Americans live - in debt. Does this make a balanced budget un-American?

I swing both ways. I can see things from a kind of conservative point of view and from a more socially liberal or left-wing point of view.

Growing up I played piano and I sang at a lot of weddings; I grew up in a very small town, a little coal-mining town in Virginia called Grundy. And my family was very sing-songy at home.

As an actor, you wouldn't be able to play a character if you were worried about the reaction to what you're doing.

The final conquest of poverty is within our grasp.