I would never give anybody any advice about anything.

You go back to those films of the '40s and '50s and hear the dialogue, the way the people played off each other, the wordplay. I think we've really lost that in movies.

I just like to keep challenging myself, keep it varied. It's a craft, and I'm constantly trying to learn and get better at it.

Parenthood and family come first for me, and when I'm not working I'm cool with the Teletubbies.

I feel for those 19-year-olds who get thrust into the limelight that young.

It's important to me that everyone is treated with respect.

I always want my options to be open.

Every journalist who is not too stupid or too full of himself to notice what is going on knows that what he does is morally indefensible.

You won't find a better young actor than Jaeden Lieberher. I ended up having one of the best times with him, really. Going to work with him every day was a treat.

The sexiest part of the body is the eyes. That's what I believe.

I don't think you necessarily identify and believe in the motifs of the character, but you have to want to play it and want to commit to the lines.

We are accountable to [God] for the way we use our time.

I think of rivers, of tides. Forests and water gushing out. Rain and lightning. Rocks and shadows. All of these are in me.

Philosophy is the opposite of fairy tales

Step into giving. Purpose is about cultivating something within YOU and then GIVING it away to other people.

Seven thirty in the morning is too early for a man of my standing.

A character is 2D, and then after I come in it becomes a 3D; it becomes alive.

Every writer I admire is my teacher. If you look at it, and if you care to read carefully enough and to read and reread a text, you teach yourself something about craft.

I’ve always been a person who’s been true to myself and true to others and I’m not afraid to be honest.

I've never tried to do couture, because it's a whole different beast.

Controls them and subdues, transmutes, bereaves Of their bad influence, and their good receives.