Some people say talent is energy and that's a very interesting way of thinking about it. In other words, people with talent have a lot of energy.

Acting is not about being famous, it's about exploring the human soul.

If you're an actor, you have to find a way to make peace with all the media attention.

I am really looking forward as I get older and older, to being less and less nice.

I still remember the five points of salesmanship: attention, interest, conviction, desire and close.

We want to be seen for who we really are, and each person has his own complex story and reasons for doing what they do.

I love watching people listen. And on film often some of the best moments if you think about favorite moments on film, often the person isn't even talking.

Oh, honey, I'm from Oklahoma! This is who I am - middle-class all the way!

We're not all evil or all good, and we all make mistakes to one degree or another.

Things either become unclear in a story or they're just ambiguous with no real point. So defined gray area with clarity that also works in the narrative, that's tricky.

I've always been pretty levelheaded. In show business you need to have a certain internal stability.

To me, the moment you're talking about nonfiction you're talking about reality.

I don't have a publicist, I don't go to events, I don't do magazines, and it's just not my life.

America now has more and better dancers than they have ever had in the history of the country, but that won't account for the public wants to see.

The Minutemen were seen as more of an art thing than Black Flag, although I didn't see them that way. It confused people when we put out Saccharine Trust, too.

It requires nothing less than a chivalric feeling to sustain a conversation with a lady.

Good writing is full of surprises and novelties, moving in a direction you don't expect.

There's something really appealing about the simplicity of black-and-white images.

As the most recently arrived to earthly life, children can seem in lingering possession of some heavenly lidless eye.

Every virtuous man is free.

I guess even when you can see everything, some things will always be a surprise.