In the process of developing a character, you do, in fact, start to take him on as a personality. It's part of my job.

The reality is, we can change. We can change ourselves. We can change our minds. We can change our hearts. And therefore the universe changes.

I don't regret anything. Everything happens for a reason-it's part of the healing process. Life is a healing process.

Always walk towards open doors. And if they slam shut in your face, kick that sucker in and keep going.

I can’t remember that I was ever looking for anything. I was waiting for something to touch me. It’s like, I’ll be open to it, and see if it moves me. There has to be a "falling in love" moment.

In saving Tibet, you save the possibility that we are all brothers, sisters.

Everyone responds to kindness.

There are times when telling lies are not a bad thing. It can be a compassionate thing. But to make it benign, you have to be aware of your compassionate reasons for telling that lie.

I'm younger than I once was. Internally. Less self-conscious. Less insecure.

I don't think that bravery is about skin. Bravery is about a willingness to show emotional need.

People get offended by animal rights campaigns. It's ludicrous. It's not as bad as mass animal death in a factory.

Persistence to fight for what you want is what separates those who win and those who don't.

I read part of it all the way through.

It's an issue that Democrats and Republicans seem to come together on, the over-influence of money in politics and in power.

Be your own person because no one can take that away from you.

We are like violins. We can be used as doorstops, or we can make music.

True healing is realizing you were never sick in the first place

When we no longer are afraid of who we are we act from integrity and authenticity.

I have no question that Newt Gingrich has the heart of a conservative reformer, the ability to rally and captivate the conservative movement.

Murder is such a charged word. You know how some people fixate and won't let things go? They're called cops.

All the ills from which America suffers can be traced back to the teaching of evolution. It would be better to destroy every other book ever written, and save just the first three verses of Genesis.