Soap opera seems to be a dirty word, but actually they are the most popular shows we have.

The comfort zone is the great enemy to creativity; moving beyond it necessitates intuition, which in turn configures new perspectives and conquers fears.

I've had to learn when not to tweet. Like, you learn how to keep your mouth shut? Learn to keep your tweet shut.

All my early school reports from the age of 5 were 'Daniel must learn not to distract others.'

I don't see money or a particular status as an actor as a goal, but I want to do the best work I can in as interesting a range of roles as I can.

I never quite toed the line.

I'm shocked at being recognized.

I do listen to a lot of music. Actually, I very often ask directors if they can offer up a play list. They very often have one anyway that they're listening to.

It's the challenge of trying to evoke any kind of sympathy for a role that ordinarily we would say, "Oh, this is a bad guy" and dismiss him.

I've never been a fan of directors who clutter a piece with all sorts of crazy preconceptions or weird ideas.

I haven't done as many films as I would have liked.

Art should be pretentious. The place to be sincere is in one's relationships.

Men in general are but great great children.

I'm still like a butterfly going from one job to another job. But it's quite lovely - I hope to keep this freedom, to have fun.

It is our talents rusting unused within us that secrete the poison of self-doubt into our bloodstream.

If everyone doesn't pay the price to win, then everyone will pay the price of losing.

I had this feeling that he and I , in this moment, were a car crash, and instead of putting on the brakes, I was hitting the accelerator.

Share your heart as deeply as you can reach.

Although the Chinese had used opium as a medicine, there was no widespread addiction before the British arrived.

In world history, those who have helped to build the same culture are not necessarily of one race, and those of the same race have not all participated in one culture.

It is from our enemies that we often gain excellent maxims, and are frequently surprised into reason by their mistakes.