There are two things you should never waste your time on: things that don't matter and people that think you don't matter.

Life is like a camera. Focus on what's important. Capture the good times. And if things don't work out, just take another shot.

Life is like an elevator. On your way up, sometimes you have to stop and let some people off.

Don't judge someone's attitude until you've felt their pain.

Be careful who you trust, the devil was once an angel.

Trust is earned, respect is given, and loyalty is demonstrated. Betrayal of any one of those is to lose all three.

One of the hardest decisions you'll ever face in life is choosing whether to walk away or try harder.

Be strong enough to stand alone, smart enough to know when you need help, and brave enough to ask for it.

Listen to what people say when they are mad, that's when the truth comes out.

A negative mind will never give you a positive life.

Any definition of a successful life must include service to others.

Quoting Nguyen Du - Talent and destiny are apt to feud.

Strategically important points should be overprotected. If the pieces are so engaged, they get their regard in the fact that they will then find themselves well posted in every respect.

I am sometimes shocked by the blasphemies of those who think themselves pious.

Oh fair, oh sweet and holy as dew at morning tide, I gaze on thee, and yearnings, sad in my bosom hide.

There's a lot more information at hand and sometimes there's information overload and we become desensitized to it, so things start to mean less.

I read Christopher McDougall's book 'Born to Run.' If running were a religion, this would be its bible. I actually scribbled my favorite passages on my arm to read during the race.

I've always found drugs and alcohol somewhat pedestrian. It's like, I don't need an external agent to open my mind. I'm here, conscious, alert, present. Why would I alter that?

I totally enjoy what I'm doing and bringing joy into people's lives. To me, and if I can bring one second of joy into a child or a grown-up's life, then I have achieved my lifetime ambition.

When you put a big budget into a film, it doesn't necessarily mean it will be a better picture, but it does help in creating new images on the screen.

I respond in the moment which is what makes me a good actor.