Obviously, the arrogance of my own nature in regards to other people's work would suggest that I think I'm talented.

I put everything I can into the mulberry of my mind and hope that it is going to ferment and make a decent wine. How that process happens, I'm sorry to tell you I can't describe.

If you listen, you learn; if you talk, you don't.

As Beckett said, it's not enough to die, one has to be forgotten as well.

Each day, as you get older, there is a new perspective on life. It's a progression of some sort.

Society is constantly recalibrating, redefining what it considers to be moral and immoral.

Life is full of ironies and paradoxes.

I never had any ambition to be a star, or whatever it is called, and I'm still embarrassed at the word.

Pretending to be other people is my game and that to me is the essence of the whole business of acting.

The only concession you can make is to what you believe is right.

Nudes are the greatest to paint. Everything you can find in a landscape or a still life or anything else is there: darkness and light, character dimension, texture. I painted heads too, of course.

Persistent work always brings a person successful results

I love the beauty of nature.

Great. I guess you're the dog whisperer, vampire edition.

And, obviously as a, as one who likes to travel around myself a lot, I think the Earth is a beautiful place. And, I'm looking forward to some new perspectives.

For the one and only time I caught a glimpse of a great heart as well as of a great brain.

Run in places you love with people you like. Enjoying your surroundings and training partners will strengthen your commitment to running and bring out the best in you.

I revolted from sentimentality, less because it was false than because it was cruel.

The dog is a gentleman; I hope to go to his heaven not man's.

Most of the successful people in Hollywood are failures as human beings.

A man should not so much respect what he eats, as with whom he eats.