Out of 10 how enthusiastic a dancer am I? 11

Every villain is a hero in his own mind.

Well, I think there are no villains in this world. There are just misunderstood heroes.

You never know what's around the corner. It could be everything. Or it could be nothing. You keep putting one foot in front of the other, and then one day you look back and you've climbed a mountain.

Haters never win. I just think that's true about life, because negative energy always costs in the end.

Make love, not war. Unless you’re Loki, in which case: do what you want.

We all have two lives. The second one starts when we realize that we only have one

Tony Stark in 'Iron Man' helped wider audiences finally embrace the enormous talent of Robert Downey Jr.

Never, ever, let anyone tell you what you can and can't do. Prove the cynics wrong. Pity them for they have no imagination. The sky's the limit. Your sky. Your limit. Now. Let's dance.

Don’t judge people on who they used to be. Allow them to be who they are now.

I think everyone should pursue their dreams. Whether you want to play football, act, sing, become a writer or whatever you have burning inside you as you’re growing up, you should pursue it.

I don't consider myself attractive. I'm an academic, and in academia, people will write you off if you look younger.

I don't expect people to agree with all my votes.

I like to make records sound good. I'm more like a reducer than a producer. If an artist cannot produce themselves, what's the point?

No totalitarian authority nor authoritarian state can tolerate those who have an absolute by which to judge that state and its actions. The Christians had that absolute in God's revelation.

The thing a drama school can't give you is instinct. It can sharpen instinct but that can't be taught, and you have to have intuition. It's an essential ingredient.

Nor is the people's judgment always true: the most may err as grossly as the few.

No matter what you got, the blues is there

Life marches by, I suggest you get on with it.

A true world outlook is incompatible with a foreign imperialism, no matter how high-minded the governing country.

I like books that expose me to people unlike me and books that do battle against caricature or simplification. That, to me, is the heroic in fiction.