The fact that I am able to live a life and act and to do all of those things and support myself and my family is a gift.

I learned construction and carpentry from my father at a young age, so I felt very comfortable and I felt very satisfied when I worked in that field.

Dont listen to anybody. Nobody knows the magic bullet. If they did, theyd sell it and make a fortune. Follow your gut. Follow your instincts. Every once in a while, take a chance.

My favorite part about going to the gym used to be leaving.

The truth just happens - lies take time to make.

Everybody works in a different way, and I've worked with actors that have no training whatsoever who are phenomenal.

I much prefer the company of the crew, the sort of 'blue-collar working person.' I much more have that sensibility than what the public perceives as what a typical actor would have.

As an actor, you try to put a little bit of yourself in everything you do.

Most people don't like challenges at work. Actors love challenges at work.

You've got to get your mind connected to the workout. Pay attention to what your body's doing. It's about connecting mind and the body. Visualize the muscles moving.

Sometimes you walk out of an audition and you kind of know you nailed it and you're probably going to book it, but you very rarely are told in the room by the people who are hiring you.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

A book is never a masterpiece: it becomes one.

Design is a solution to a problem. Art is a question to a problem.

It's wrong to hurt even bad people. Because they don't know any better, and because bad people sometimes become good.

That's what my books are, now that I'm a grownup - mosaics of jokes.

I usually claim that pregnant women should not read books about pregnancy and birth. Their time is too precious. They should, rather, watch the moon and sing to their baby in the womb.

Rihanna and makeup gets me into LaLa Land.

In business for yourself, but not by yourself.

Words move, music moves Only in time; but that which is only living Can only die. Words, after speech, reach Into the silence. Only by the form, the pattern, Can words or music reach The stillness.

Can't nothing heal without pain, you know.