Take every job. Learn everybody's name. Show up early. Know who you are and know who you're not. Stop dreaming and start trying.

Lincoln is me. He is America. He is what makes us a great nation and a dangerous nation, all wrapped up in one man.

If someone asked for advice on being an actor I'd say "Don't. It's a hard life." And if they walked away I'd be happy to have spared them years of misery.

I want to be Lon Chaney. I want to be Karloff. I want to help people escape the mundane world. I want to make their skins crawl. And I want them to love it every bit as much as I do.

Lincoln could be on the moon. He's still Lincoln.

All you have to do to be a camera actor is tell the truth.

The fact that Abraham Lincoln ever, ever became President is either a freak accident of history... or destiny; God's providence to America.

Abraham Lincoln was a melancholy man, so he had a dark side that appeals to horror fans.

Abraham Lincoln is resolute, honest, has the best interest of the nation at heart, and he's as ugly as homemade Sunday sin, so he is modest, too. I'd vote for that in an undead heartbeat.

Abraham Lincoln is the guy who could never be elected today, but whom we desperately wish we could elect.

Here is a rule to remember in future, when anything tempts you to feel bitter: not "This is misfortune, " but "To bear this worthily is good fortune.

It is my belief, Watson, founded upon my experience, that the lowest and vilest alleys in London do not present a more dreadful record of sin than does the smiling and beautiful countryside.

The only way to get to know people is to look beyond their physical appearances.

As in heaven Your will is punctually performed so may it be done on earth by all creatures particularly in me and by me.

Rooting for other people's failure does get in the way of your success.

I don't myself believe that, even when we fulfil our minimum obligation not to cause pain, we have the right to kill animals.

I don't think souls or bodies can be changed by incantation. Or anything else by the way.

You have to be grown up, really grown up, not merely in years, to understand your parents.

God is the best helper, but He loves to be helped. Be earnest in prayer, but do not neglect human means. You must help yourself in all manner of ways, and then the Lord will be with you.

Open your arms as wide as you can to receive all the miracles with your name on them. Never forget that all you have is all you need.