There are no secrets in life; just hidden truths that lie beneath the surface.

I think anybody would be hard pressed not to relate to at least one of the characters, because there's so many different multifaceted people populating this crazy world.

I like to think I am well-mannered. If I have the option at a breakfast place, I'll go with the grits. That's how Southern I am.

I don't think closeted homosexual morticians have the market cornered on self-loathing or sense of shame.

It's interesting to play a role where you don't really have to preoccupy yourself with any need to convince yourself that you're not acting.

People feel like they know me from the work I have done, but it's not me.

Marriage, children-you never expect it to end in tragedy. Unless you're me.

I think I had a shyness about me, I think I discovered acting as a way to break out of that and as a way of belonging, a sense of being special.

I never really considered acting as a career until I moved to New York.

My mother is a survivor who's had a lot of things happen in her life that have been very trying.

So it's really nice after about a year and a half to get back on stage and flex those old muscles.

Talk to people about what they want to hear, and they'll stay for more. Talk to them about what you want them to hear, and they'll soon turn away.

If every citizen can get rid of indiscipline syndrome, we have immense potential to build more productive, conflict-free, harmonious and peaceful communities, societies, cities, nations and world.

I am fierce for work. Without work I am nothing.

I'm dealing with my drinking problem and I have a reputation for getting things done.

They run like deer, jump like deer and think like deer.

A creative person has to be alive. He can't borrow from things he's done in the past. He can't let his method choose his subjects or his characters. They can't be warped to fit his style.

I want to go to bed richer than when I woke up. The pursuit of wealth is a wonderful thing, but the thing is you have to be honest about it, you have to tell the truth.

It’s better to succeed against daunting odds than settle for a fantasy and get nowhere.

I'll go and see anything so long as it amuses me, or moves me. If it doesn't do either I want to go home.

Learning is not compulsory; it's voluntary... But to survive, we must learn.