Idris Elba is a grand actor. He's very larger than life; he's bigger than life.

I am not a demon. I am a lizard, a shark, a heat-seeking panther. I want to be Bob Denver on acid playing the accordion.

Some things are true whether you believe in them or not.

When I play supernatural characters in 'Ghost Rider' or 'City Of Angels,' the possibilities are limitless. The possibilities are endless, you can do so much with that.

I'm going to steal the Declaration of Independence.

I like both Blu-ray and DVD, but Blu-ray gives you more options.

To be a good actor you have to be something like a criminal, to be willing to break the rules to strive for something new.

Those who have the ability to take action have the responsibility to take action.

Zoology has always been interesting to me. Nature is fascinating.

Every great story seems to begin with a snake.

Passion is very important to me. If you stop enjoying things, you've got to look at it, because it can lead to all kinds of depressing scenarios.

OKAY. So I was going to the library every Saturday. So what? So what? It's not like I was reading books or anything.

I remember reading Disturbia, one of the first scripts I ever got, and I go "Pfft, who wants to make a movie about a guy in a house?"

The world is always going to be dangerous, and people get badly banged up, but how can there be more meaning than helping one another stand up in a wind and stay warm?

I played tournament chess from fifth grade up into high school.

I began writing 'Matterhorn' in 1975 and for more than 30 years I kept working on my novel in my spare time, unable to get an agent or publisher to even read the manuscript.

Your traditions change from when you a child to when you become an adult.

I live way out in the country, so there's not a lot of people around to remind me. And my friends don't think of me as 'Kim Novak' anymore anyway. It's like they forgot, too. And so it's nice.

There the wild animals wandered and fed as though they were in a pasture that stretched much farther than a man could see, and there were no settlers. Only Indians lived there.

The truly great man is as apt to forgive as his power is able to revenge.

I know a little garden close Set thick with lily and red rose, Where I would wander if I might From dewy dawn to dewy night. And have one with me wandering.