We actors don't travel as tourists with a camera, we really get to enter the life of a place and get to know it.

I love awards, especially if I get them.

You achieve because you're lucky to work with people who are very talented.

some actors seek parts similar to their personalities. But, I prefer undergoing a metamorphosis that depends on the role .

One of the pleasures of being an actor is that it takes you places you wouldn't ordinarily go, and you don't enter as a tourist, you really enter the life of the place.

I hate just showing up, hitting a mark, doing your work, and going home. It's very boring. But being part of the creation of the whole thing is very exciting.

Science can neither prove nor disprove Scripture

I think it's good for a person to spend time alone. It gives them an opportunity to discover who they are and to figure out why they are always alone.

My faith in humanity leads me to believe that people are looking for something more elevating than the sordid details of the intimate aspects of one's personal life.

Never take advice from anyone with no investment in the outcome.

There is something so beautiful and inspiring about picking ourselves up with humility and dignity after we fall.

When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir.

Some people underestimate how erotic it is to be understood.

To sing a simple round is truly an enlightening experience.

Music is not a science any more than poetry is. It is a sublime instinct, like genius of all kinds.

We must learn to be honest with ourselves, and know our shortcomings. We will acquire cohesion but we will pay dearly for being a slow pupil.