There's so much we can't express in our day-to-day interaction with people because it's considered inappropriate. And acting is all about being inappropriate.

You have to love what you do, and you have to need it like you need air. And there's nothing else that would give me the same degree of satisfaction as acting, which is why I can't walk away from it.

Confidence is at the root of so many attractive qualities - a sense of humor, a sense of style, a willingness to be who you are no matter what anyone else might think or say.

A great book provides escapism for me. The artistry and the creativity in a story are better than any drugs.

You only cry for help if you believe there is help to cry for.

Prison Break is so far-fetched, I had to make viewers believe that Michael is capable of making the impossible possible.

I broke my nose in gym when a ball hit me. I took a girl to her debutante ball the next week wearing a tux and a big, honking bandage. Not the romantic night she had in mind.

My character in 'Prison Break' needs to be formidable. In reality, I'm not very tough at all.

Four months of preparation and about 12 hours of shooting turned into about 30 seconds of screen time.

I'm hoping that what I am or what I'm not ethnically doesn't limit me in anyone else's eyes. I guarantee you it doesn't in mine.

My definition of cool is finding your own definition of cool and not necessarily taking your lead from what other people tell you or from what you might read from magazines or see on TV.

I feel so glad to be alive!

Heartbreak might be a fact but you don't have to be a victim to it

You can never complain your way to a fulfilling life.

As a rule I don't like suffering to no purpose. Suffering should be creative, should give birth to something good and lovely.

Whatever sentence is passed on the Gang of Four won't be excessive. They brought harm to millions upon millions of people.

One fish Two fish Red fish Blue fish!

The auditorium, named after a dead Queens politician is windowless in honor of the secrecy in which he lived and, probably, the bank vaults he frequented.

The soul that feeds on books alone - I count that soul exceeding small That lives alone by book and creed, - A soul that has not learned to read.

Directing offers you the hope that your vision will reach the screen, unmolested and intact. Therefore, it's tantalizing to all writers.

I have this theory, bands with enigmatic lyrics attract crazies.