I want to prove a point. That point is, actors are artists, not narcissists necessarily.

Being a father, being a friend, those are the things that make me feel successful.

The perfection in theater is that it's over the second it's done

The Alexander Technique has helped me to undo knots, unblock energy and deal with almost paralysing stage fright

I've been delighted by Cannes and Toronto but I keep saying I don't know how good we're going to be received in America because that's where it's most challenging

Heroes to me are guys that sit in libraries. They absorb knowledge and then the risks they take are calculated on the basis of the courage it took to become replete with knowledge.

The greatest single human gift is the ability to chase down our dreams.

What's really frustrating with movies is the lack of improvement.

I demand minimal for paid rehearsal and not always six weeks either.

People who have expertise or the luck to have rehearsal time with cameras have it over people who don't.

It just seems like that because I do a lot of independent films that don't get to the mainstream.

I understand that it is a maxim of law, that a poor plea may be a good plea to a bad declaration.

I would have loved to have been a painter or a sculptor. I'm still fascinated by those things.

To be tempted is not to sin. The strongest attacks are made on the strongest forts.

I would say there's a lot of similarity between folk and punk. It's written for the common man.

In America, everything you need to succeed is within reach.

What you become is far more important that what you get. What you get will be influenced by what you become.

Smog is affecting larger parts of China, and environmental pollution has become a major problem, which is natures red-light warning against the model of inefficient and blind development.

Jesus is giving you such an opportunity to be holy, holier than all the saints that have ever been, because the world is in such need of shining lives, beacons to see by.

I'm not a big music fan. Well, I am a big fan, but I'm not the type of person who buys stuff.

A lot of people say this honor validates my career, but I didn't work hard for validation.