I've never been a fan of directors who clutter a piece with all sorts of crazy preconceptions or weird ideas.

The comfort zone is the great enemy to creativity; moving beyond it necessitates intuition, which in turn configures new perspectives and conquers fears.

I've had to learn when not to tweet. Like, you learn how to keep your mouth shut? Learn to keep your tweet shut.

All my early school reports from the age of 5 were 'Daniel must learn not to distract others.'

I don't see money or a particular status as an actor as a goal, but I want to do the best work I can in as interesting a range of roles as I can.

I never quite toed the line.

I'm shocked at being recognized.

I do listen to a lot of music. Actually, I very often ask directors if they can offer up a play list. They very often have one anyway that they're listening to.

It's the challenge of trying to evoke any kind of sympathy for a role that ordinarily we would say, "Oh, this is a bad guy" and dismiss him.

Soap opera seems to be a dirty word, but actually they are the most popular shows we have.

I haven't done as many films as I would have liked.

The tide was a poem that only time could create, and I watched it stream and brim and makes its steady dash homeward, to the ocean.

When the Fyre inside is kindled and when the Time Is Right, anything is possible.

Love is all there is, it makes the world go 'round Love and only love, it can't be denied No matter what you think about it You just won't be able to do without it Take a tip from one who's tried

I don’t need someone to complete me, I need someone to make things a little bit better every now and again.

I think that if you're writing about the human condition, my God, you've got to start at base: point zero, point one, is the body.

The good point is when you combine excitement and calm together.

The Stately Homes of England, How beautiful they stand, To prove the Upper Classes, Have still the Upper Hand.

All we sell is the Greatest feeling on Earth

I have wisdom of a 60-year-old. Also it takes a lot for me to respect a person, so when a person has a body of work behind him, it draws my respect.

You cannot change someone using fear, degradation, humiliation, or by comparing them to others. It can only be done through love, with love, for love. Love.