Whatever kind of story you're telling, whether it's a genre piece for a comic book or whatever it is, it has importance because it's all a metaphor for the existence of our being.

Every morning we have a choice -- forget our dreams or live them.

To get to play a bad person and do bad things in a safe environment like 'Arrow' was pretty amazing.

Before Fringe I was in Dirty Sexy Money playing Jeremy Darling who was this bratty New York socialite.

Fringe' was the first time I realized that I could ever man up in a character and make this transition from being a boy or a young man into actually being a man.

I think what's so great about 'Arrow' is that they really ground everything in reality.

I think everyone thinks their family is insane, and every family is insane. There is no real normal.

The more you spend time with a character, the more you see different nuances of that character.

I just think, as a species, what we [people] enjoy most is creation and creativity, and telling stories is an extension of expressing all the thoughts and ideas that we have inside of ourselves.

Loveless work, boring work, work valued only because others haven't got even that much, however loveless and boring--this is one of the harshest human miseries.

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.” (Edmund Burke)

If winning weren't important nobody would keep score.

I always say that you know when an Italian plane has landed at an airport because the men look uber-stylish, they’ve got scarves on and suits.

I don't have a model's body. But I'm not one of those crazy girls who thinks that they're fat. I'm okay with what I have. I can rock this body, you know?

You shouldn't ask why do you wear a hat? What you really should be asking is why are you not? How can a look be complete without a hat?

Don't follow your feeling. Just follow the word.

It's not my nature to just kick back.

Help your pieces so they can help you

People's behavior makes sense if you think about it in terms of their goals, needs, and motives.