I would have preferred to have been in a film where I could've been more authentic or more human, where the dialogue and my approach to the part could have been more real.

I've never revised my opinion of myself as an actor. I've always thought I was as good as my material.

I never really got on my own case about my own acting. I know a lot of other people have, and probably very justifiably. But I don't worry about stuff like that too much.

The pen is truly mightier than the sword. Unless you're holding a pen and the other guy's holding a sword.

The most ridiculous of all animals is a proud priest; he cannot use his own tools without cutting his own fingers.

At the core of every ordered system, whether a family or a factory, is chaos. But in the whirl of every chaos lies a strange order, waiting to be found.

I think that's the function of a lot of psychiatrists and therapists, is keeping people afloat just long enough for them to get older.

Life is a constant becoming: all stages lead to the beginning of others.

If a power station were to be built down the road, I'd prefer a nuclear plant over an oil burner, and definitely over a coal burner. We simply have to lessen our consumption of fossil fuels.

To be a good artist, you have to serve the work of art and allow it to be what it is supposed to be.

Chef's choice is my favorite. I'm super adventurous.

He never bore a grudge against anyone he wronged.

Occasionally, in times of worry, I've longed to be stylish, but on second thought I say no-just let me be myself-and express rough, yet true things with rough workmanship.