What often seemed like meanness or coldness was really fear of emotions and intimacy.

Envy is a surefire party killer.

You can't hang around geniuses forever because they end up taking everything you've got. That's why they're the genius and you're not.

I think because both of my parents were essentially salespeople, and Italian-Americans, I always seemed to get along with people; I had a knack of finding something to talk about.

I don't think he'd [Andy Warhol] be that amazed because he was so driven to be the Picasso of the second half of the 20th century.

It isn’t what you don’t know that’s the problem. It is what you’re unwilling to ask.

The Father most tender Father of all my immense God-I His atom.

I am interested in physical medicine because my father was. I am interested in medical research because I believe in it. I am interested in arthritis because I have it.

People will do anything, no matter how absurd, to avoid facing their own souls.

Oprah has this intense curiosity that I haven't found with any interviewer.

I see my job as an actor to be as good a channel as I can be. Acting is a gift, and I have respect for it.

The fight against terror is a common imperative for democracies and must become so for all nations.

I had fooled myself into thinking that I was something important to the rest of the world.

Satan gives Adam an apple, and takes away paradise. Therefore in all temptations consider not what he offers, but what we shall lose.

I work with a trainer called Ruben Tabares. He's a nutritionist, strength and conditioning coach, and an athlete. So I literally just train like an athlete.