The truth of ourselves is the root of our acting.

Act before you think - your instincts are more honest than your thoughts.

Acting is behaving truthfully under imaginary circumstances.

If you want to reach every person in the audience, it's not about being bigger, it's about going deeper.

Don't be an actor. Be a human being who works off what exists under imaginary circumstances.

Your acting will not be good until it is only yours. That's true of music, acting, anything creative. You work until finally nobody is acting like you.

Silence has a myriad of meanings. In the theater, silence is an absence of words, but never an absence of meaning.

An ounce of behavior is worth a pound of words.

Being an actor is a religious calling because you've been given the ability, the gift to inspire humanity. Think about that on the way to your soap opera audition.

That which hinders your task is your task.

Courage means willing to risk everything.

We are born into this world unarmed - our mind is our only weapon.

The more you defend a lie, the angrier you become.

I spent several years cooking on a line.

I'm not really entertained anymore, everything sounds the same. We have a crisis right now of innovative music. I'm probably the only person left trying to do something different and brand new.

I felt the same fear in my first fight as I did in my last fight. It never goes away.

Anyone who says that Iran will commit suicide with its nuclear power is a moron and has no business in discussion.

After you run, there's a sense of accomplishment; you feel like your life is meaningful. It's a moment of clarity.

My academic schedule is lighter this year because it's an Olympic year.

I don't even know how to sell a piece of artwork of mine because it's so personal.

I don't believe that clothes can start a revolution, but I do believe that fashion is often a manifestation of a sociological or political climate.