That's what rock music is, I think - constantly searching for authenticity, and being as honest as possible.

I walked away from this movie thinking how important it is to have a genuine selfless love for your children. You can really mess kids up if you don't have the right kind of love for them.

Not judging people is the fastest way to peace.

Gratitude is the root of joy.

I'd rather live forever in Heaven than a place where there's terrorism and hate.

"Silence Of The Lambs" is definitely very frightening.

When I manage to keep my center, it's usually because I've taken prayer seriously.

Being joyful is a choice.

Often times, if a character is pretty straightforward, he or she is not as interesting to portray.

There's nothing better than actually getting to watch the person and see his or her mannerisms.

I think acting is a gift. I think certain people for some reason just have a gift that they were meant to perform.

To live without philosophizing is in truth the same as keeping the eyes closed without attempting to open them.

Sometimes I feel that I could stand in the middle of the square and scream and thrash about like a wildling, and no one would notice.

Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the drug store, but that's just peanuts to space.

My first ever stage performance was in Edinburgh in 1960.

The very word 'secrecy' is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths, and to secret proceedings.

Be honest with yourself and lie to everyone else.

Being alone in nature is another way to feel the joy of beauty - and oneness with a greater whole.

I'm really not that confident!

The vice presidential candidate tends to be a bit of an afterthought.

So it was scary, but that's how it goes. To my great delight, I discovered that it did all belong.