I was lucky. I had a lot of really good influences.

The universe is dynamic. When we are creative, we are the most alive and in touch with it.

We all have an edge. We all are floating our psyche on top with a great ocean underneath.

I am they type of person that once I make a decision, I must execute. Maybe I am a perfectionist in this way.

If it's stage, the two most important artists are the actor and the playwright. If it's film, THE most important person is the director. The director says where the camera goes.

I have a 13-year-old daughter who rents these bloody horror movies, and I can't even walk into the room when she's watching them with her friends.

You know, you try to be diverse, and try to have fun and round things out.

Of course, I would like to play the guy next door, but nobody's going to hire me for that kind of role.

I prefer film to the stage. I always like the rehearsal better than I like performing.

If it wasn't for the devil, we wouldn't be here, would we?

Believe in individual initiatives, in courage, in risk.

I like to have a massage therapist come to my house, get a massage, take a bath, go to bed. That's a perfect night alone for me.

All is not done when we have spoken to God by prayer; our petitions are to be pursued with real endeavours.

Love's an excuse to get hurt.

I felt that to do this drug, I had to become someone totally different than I was. I had to compromise my integrity, my value system. I knew it was so wrong.

It comes so soon, the moment when there is nothing left to wait for.

In order to be creative, you don't have to be original.

(...) And metaphors like cats behind your smile, Each one wound up to purr, each one a pride, Each one a fine gold beast you've hid inside (...)

Every nation needs two wings to fly. Any bird torn at the wings will never soar the skies.

We learn what poetry is - if we ever learn - by reading it.