[There's] nothing special about an actor's imagination, except that he uses it a lot.

Try and understand what part you have to play in the world in which you live. There's more to life than you know and it's all happening out there. Discover what part you can play and then go for it.

I often thought my gravestone would say, 'Here lies Gandalf. He came out,'

Acting is a very personal process. It has to do with expressing your own personality, and discovering the character you're playing through your own experience - so we're all different.

To know you are in the company with people who love and care for each other, as well as for whatever they are working on, is almost essential.

I’ve often thought the Bible should have a disclaimer in the front saying this is fiction.

You can always pick out stage actors at the Oscars: they know how to walk.

We are very lucky to be men because women have a terrible time getting older parts. It's much more difficult.

Personally, coming out was one of the most important things I've ever done, lifting from my shoulders the millstone of lies that I hadn't even realized I was carrying.

When you were on stage, you could be absolutely open about your emotions and indulge them and express yourself in a way that - in real life - I wasn't doing.

Splendid architecture, the love of your life, an old friend... they can all go drifting by unseen if youre not careful.

I was within and without, simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life.

Don't ever stop believing in your own transformation. It is still happening even on days you may not realize it or feel like it.

Always be looking for what you can appreciate in the moment.

Celebrate the gift of memory.

Some days are just bad days, that's all. You have to experience sadness to know happiness, and I remind myself that not every day is going to be a good day, that's just the way it is!

Most writers or performers walk around with the notion in their head that - a paranoid worry that maybe people don't like them.

Will the people in the cheaper seats clap your hands? And the rest of you, if you'll just rattle your jewelry.

Growth is a panacea for many ills in society; not entirely, but many.

If thou wouldst marry wisely, marry thine equal.

If you will it, it is no dream