It's funny, people talk about the characters they play and who do you sort of see yourself as or which ones maybe were closest to you and in some ways.

I kind of grew up in a commune, but it wasn't a hippie commune necessarily, but it was a big house with a lot of families, we all lived together and it was the 70s, whatever that means.

For most of my 20s, I looked like I was 12. Now that I'm pushing 40, I guess I look closer to... 15? It must be my macrobiotic diet. Oh, wait, except that I don't have one of those.

I never wanted to get caught in doing something that was really one note.

I wanted to be in an anti-gravity machine so bad! Maybe a different time, a different place.

I'm not going to lie. I would definitely steal stuff from set.

Anytime anybody does anything - unless it's in the realm of the obviously awful, which is fun too in a different way - it is in many ways a success.

I have a million story-lines for 'Revenge' and they never listen to me.

For me as an actor because I've been at it so long, it becomes much harder to watch movies because you really see the seams of everything.

One thing I loved about New Zealand was the indoor/outdoor lifestyle of the place.

We've been talking about Lorde like crazy! She's amazing!

You want to believe that there's one relationship in life that's beyond betrayal. A relationship that's beyond that kind of hurt. And there isn't.

I'd rather be the last runner who saw a cool thing that everyone else missed, than to be a speedy runner who had a miserable experience.

The U.S. news media have a critical role to play in educating the public about climate change.

Religious music is by far the greatest music of the ages. What is there to compare-in rhythmic beauty, poetic sublimity, and inspired teachings-with the Psalms of David?

The global importance of the Middle East is that it keeps the Far East and the Near East from encroaching on each other.

March is a tomboy with tousled hair, a mischievous smile, mud on her shoes and a laugh in her voice.

I always set out to just work, as an actor, and try to do as many different things as I possibly could, and not be too selective or too careful. I think just working is fun.

It might be scary because you're taking a risk, but at the end of the day you can say you tried.

The EU is a community of values, not military buildups.

Nature is actually the goal at the end of history.