Most Americans take their freedom very seriously, but they don't realize that not everyone is free.

We look for meaning and purpose; children bring that.

To be a great actor you just need to comprehend, so that's why I became a writer.

I think that all actors find they go down and then they come back up if you work on your craft. They come back up to the top and then they go back down and they come back up and they go back down.

A big part of me just lets everything go.

There have been many times when I've auditioned and I've actually won a different role in the same film.

You don't take on anything unless there's fear.

There are so many things that go into casting that you just never know.

If you're afraid of something, you definitely have to try to tackle it.

As an actor, your main goal is to tell the truth.

Encourage, lift and strengthen one another. For the positive energy spread to one will be felt by us all. For we are connected, one and all.

To get lost, all you need is poetry.

Maybe Dracula wasn't a vampire, just a raging alcoholic who was constantly hungover.

No place is ugly to those who understand the virtues and sweetness of everything that God has made.

Right now my favorite book is 'Omnivores Dilemma.

When I cook, my brain stops completely.

I'm talking about the finding in October that is public now of 17 different intelligence agencies saying Russia tried to meddle with our elections.

I don't watch any television, hardly ever because I'm so busy. I always obviously watch my shows because I blog about it and talk about it, but no, I can watch the news in the morning and that's it.

Just because you've seen something doesn't mean you'll stop looking. There's always something you didn't see before.

If we want to see an end to personal and global conflict, then love is the only real answer.