I used to be terribly shy, so I was either shy or over the top, and I always had a difficult time.

When you're young, there's so much that you can't take in. It's pouring over you like a waterfall. When you're older, it's less intense, but you're able to reach out and drink it. I love being older.

There's a lot of conning as part of our society, I think.

Never burn bridges. Today's junior jerk, tomorrow's senior partner.

Here's a vice: I say yes to too many things. I wish I had the guilty pleasure of saying no. My goal is to try to do less, but more fully.

Most people think that animals are third-class citizens. Very few people really see animals as "the others" with whom we inhabit this planet. They have equal rights with us.

Don't depend on other people's encouragement. It's never enough and never when you need it.

I'd rather have a small part in a movie I love than a bigger part in one I don't care about.

Usually it's the guys that don't follow you around, who you're attracted to!

Some of the most intense affairs are between actors and characters. There's a fire in the human heart and we jump into it with the same obsession as we have with our lovers.

It's rare when you have everything going perfectly all at the same time.

Set the standards for what you expect of people and the correct ones will join your cause.

I love getting on the subway because you get on the car, and you see the entire human race represented in any given subway car.

A book sometimes seems to impose a through-line to life that real life doesn't actually have.

Chaos reigned, and the survivalists eagerly unwrapped the kidskin from their crossbows. Phase one of Opal's plan was complete.

I made this movie for $40,000, which was this little black-and-white horror film called Dementia 13, which we made in about nine days.

Everyone can lock into the rhythm on a tune. It's organic in nature. It connects the band as a whole and connects the band to the audience.

Remember the root word of humble and human is the same: humus: earth. We are dust. We are created; it is God who made us and not we ourselves. But we were made to be co-creators with our maker.

If you only ever give 90% in training then you will only ever give 90% when it matters.

He was so popular you could barely look at him without being blinded by cool.

Too many people write books as a calling card.