The old gal was only another lonely creature in a world that didn’t care

Understand me. I’m not like an ordinary world. I have my madness, I live in another dimension and I do not have time for things that have no soul.

The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.

Can you remember who you were, before the world told you who you should be?

People are strange: They are constantly angered by trivial things, but on a major matter like totally wasting their lives, they hardly seem to notice.

Find what you love and let it kill you.

If something burns your soul with purpose and desire, it’s your duty to be reduced to ashes by it. Any other form of existence will be yet another dull book in the library of life.

Love is a fog that burns with the first daylight of reality.

Sometimes I feel as if we are all trapped in a movie. We know our lines, where to walk, how to act, only there is no camera. Yet, we can't break out of the movie. And it's a bad one.

You have to die a few times before you can really live.

I stopped looking for a Dream Girl, I just wanted one that wasn't a nightmare.

We are, at least in part, who we remember ourselves to be. Take away our memories, and you take away our selves.

As long as there are readers to be delighted with calumny there will be found reviewers to calumniate.

Adultery is the ultimate deal-breaker for me. I would rather be alone than in a relationship that doesn't honor me.

We have never really had absolute privacy with our records or our electronic communications - government agencies have always been able to gain access with appropriate court orders.

Would you really dig into yesterday's garbage to make tonight's meal? Do you dig into yesterday's mental garbage to create today's experiences?

I'm not a method actor, but I'm affected by the life I share my life with during shooting. It's always a very strange and special period for me.

When you fall, leap to your feet and try again.

I went with my very being toward language.

I truly think any preparation you do only helps and adds dimension and complexity to the work [as an actor].

I've never signed any contract and never received a cent from Iraq.