Success in the movies has pushed me to places I didn't know I was allowed to go.

Try and understand what part you have to play in the world in which you live. There's more to life than you know and it's all happening out there. Discover what part you can play and then go for it.

I often thought my gravestone would say, 'Here lies Gandalf. He came out,'

Acting is a very personal process. It has to do with expressing your own personality, and discovering the character you're playing through your own experience - so we're all different.

To know you are in the company with people who love and care for each other, as well as for whatever they are working on, is almost essential.

I’ve often thought the Bible should have a disclaimer in the front saying this is fiction.

You can always pick out stage actors at the Oscars: they know how to walk.

We are very lucky to be men because women have a terrible time getting older parts. It's much more difficult.

Personally, coming out was one of the most important things I've ever done, lifting from my shoulders the millstone of lies that I hadn't even realized I was carrying.

When you were on stage, you could be absolutely open about your emotions and indulge them and express yourself in a way that - in real life - I wasn't doing.

Splendid architecture, the love of your life, an old friend... they can all go drifting by unseen if youre not careful.

May we love each other with brotherly love. Love cast out all fears.

The structure of the universe is a computational geometry that is fractal in nature.

Trauma may be endured through a physiological or psychological threat to life or overall wellbeing.

The sharpest memory of our old-fashioned Christmas eve is my mother's hand making sure I was settled in bed.

I was raised Jewish and bar mitzvahed.

I'm very picky when it comes to men. I come across a man who I'm really attracted to about once every five years.

I feel that right from the start the players were prepared to experience catastrophic results with comments like: 'It's going to be tough and we are going to need time'.

Mountain biking helps people become environmentalists. A mountain bike is a vehicle to appreciate the backcountry.

While being you and truly sharing what you do will bring happiness to others, you won't find contentment merely trying to keep others happy.

Whoever hath a seed time of grace pass over his soul, shall have his harvest time also of joy.