Society becomes very destructive.

Your own acts tell the world who you are and what kind of society you think it should be.

A small act is worth a million thoughts.

Creativity is part of human nature. It can only be untaught.

The art always wins. Anything can happen to me, but the art will stay.

The world is not changing if you don’t shoulder the burden of responsibility.

Maybe being powerful means to be fragile.

Everything is art. Everything is politics.

I think art certainly is the vehicle for us to develop any new ideas, to be creative, to extend our imagination, to change the current conditions.

I think optimism is whether you are still exhilarated by life, whether you are curious, whether you still believe there is possibility.

The purpose of art is the fight for freedom.

The glory of youth is their strength.

They are my baby Keelans!

With bated breath we wait for the scent of perfection, accompanied by the freshness of love.

I was regularly advised not to go into music, that I should give up that foolish dream.

The problem with me is I always think I should've done better. I felt that after the World Cup final and through my whole career.

Nothing will ever top 'The Wire.' It was historical. It was black cinema.

It's silly when girls sell their souls because it's in.

That's where everything starts, as an actor: you've gotta have great writing and great character development, and then you have really great materials to work from.

I was not looking for a sitcom, because the philosophy at that point was that you had to make a choice: Were you going to do movies or TV? You couldn't cross over.

Asceticism may be a mere expression of organic hardihood, disgusted with too much ease.