My grandmother was this unbelievably smart, phenomenally cool woman and [soap operas] were just always on in her house. I just realized that I live in a soap opera, and it's awesome.

You don’t always win, but every time you lose, you get better.

The environment is in us, not outside of us. The trees are our lungs, the rivers our bloodstream. We are all interconnected, and what you do to the environment ultimately you do to yourself.

There are always decades that interest people. For me, that's the Roaring Twenties.

True statement: Live it, love it, leave the wold better off than when you got here.

I grew up as a country boy.

We're made up of energy, so who's to say you can't transmit through electrical means? If you could transmit yourself wirelessly, then it's Armageddon pretty much.

I appreciate the response and the support of fans, of people who actually don't mind watching me on screen... I just don't ever want to jeopardize that.

Every love story needs a catalyst of some sort.

I don't care how hot a girl is - if she doesn't like animals, it would be a major, major problem.

A thought for today: 'People change and forget to tell each other.'

In the end, people should be judged by their actions, since in the end, it was actions that defined everyone.

Peace is not only better than war but infinitely more arduous.

There is one day that is ours. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American.

I love people who just started making movies - first-timers, second-timers. They take chances.

Meaninglessness does not come from being weary of pain. Meaninglessness comes from being weary of pleasure.

You have to experience grace to be one who knows how to give it.

Others may know pleasure, but pleasure is not happiness. It has no more importance than a shadow following a man.

With Dior Haute Couture, the dream is already there.

I would say seeing the original Yardbirds with Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page at the old Fillmore was a pretty powerful influence on me.

The unhappy persistence of both the practice and the lingering effects of racial discrimination ...is an unfortunate reality...and the government is not disqualified from acting in response to it.