The less people know about me in reality, the more they can accept of me as a character.

This is real human drama, we're not creating some amusement park ride for the summer. Even though the movie is really exciting to watch, it's got a real pathos behind it.

A lot of times, good improv is when both people, or however many people are in the scene, really have no idea what the next thing you're going to say is.

I was never a very dependable employee for anything. Perfect for the actor's life!

There is something about the water - that solitary kind of peaceful feeling. You're on earth but not quite.

Being unprepared makes me nervous. I'm old-fashioned show folk.

I don't know who I am, to tell you the truth.

I find people attractive for more subtle reasons than just the way they look.

I like people who are able to keep pushing themselves and challenging themselves even after great success.

Acting's all about the confidence you exude, especially on film. I mean, nervousness isn't attractive in anyone, but a film camera will seek it out and punish you.

I love that people can't place me. They don't know my name. That's 'mission accomplished' in my world.

Citizens who refuse to obey anything but their own conscience can transform countries, it is the basis of any real democracy.

Imagination is a powerful magnet. The power of imagination

You can't let a failure keep you down, because if you stay down after you fail, you are going to stay down for good.

Whatever happens in life is fine - just trust in that.

I've never been a fan of directors who clutter a piece with all sorts of crazy preconceptions or weird ideas.

Rome holds my psyche in balance. Whenever I'm there, it's like a holiday.

These people are artists. These people are musicians. They're taking it out and trying to express it that way.

What is freedom, in the end, but that no one cares any longer to try to restrain us?

If indeed the death of a child is part of a larger plan, you wonder if God ever considered a smaller plan.

Some people call it fearless, some people call it confidence. And I feel I'm confident of whatever I do.