There are so many things that go into casting that you just never know.

We look for meaning and purpose; children bring that.

To be a great actor you just need to comprehend, so that's why I became a writer.

I think that all actors find they go down and then they come back up if you work on your craft. They come back up to the top and then they go back down and they come back up and they go back down.

A big part of me just lets everything go.

There have been many times when I've auditioned and I've actually won a different role in the same film.

You don't take on anything unless there's fear.

If you're afraid of something, you definitely have to try to tackle it.

Most Americans take their freedom very seriously, but they don't realize that not everyone is free.

As an actor, your main goal is to tell the truth.

Be the ocean let the river come to you.

If you have to choose between the two hopeless situations, choose the one which gives you at least an opportunity to fight!

Marx called Darwin a plagiarist and Malthus a fraud. Now all Marxists are Malthusian Darwinists.

People want to be successful, and they want to be acknowledged for what they do. Sometimes they make really great art and aren't. Historically, the best artists weren't. But their work survived.

Within any important issue, there are always aspects no one wishes to discuss.

Paying good wages is not in opposition to good productivity.

All pioneers are considered to be afflicted with moonstruck madness.

So you see, Good and Evil have the same face; it all depends on when they cross the path of each individual human being.

I didn't change the Constitution; the equality principle was there from the start. I just was an advocate for seeing its full realization.

Sometimes, I think Trent just needs a cup of hot chocolate and a blankie.