When I had money in the past, I would always travel rather than spend it on big apartments or cars. And I still feel exactly the same way.

If you're happy, if you're feeling good, then nothing else matters.

I think I've always been a follow-the-leader with my career, or maybe waiting for things to happen. Now I'm like, I'm OK-I know the direction, whoever's on board can go with me.

My mother gave me a sense of independence, a sense of total confidence that we could do whatever it was we set out to do. That's how we were raised

It's what still excites me most about acting: letting your imagination go places it's never been before. There's nothing better than that

I want to be perfect. I don't want to fail. And you always fail.

I'd rather attempt something I'm not sure I can do

If you get enough sleep, cut back on cigarettes and red meat, you look better the next day

I used to ask Sean questions about acting. He's a brilliant actor, but I could never digest his information. I work primarily on an intuitive level.

Hollywood is a suction for your confidence or your faith or your togetherness. Just walking on the street you can feel it.

I just love getting dirty.

Self-determination is self-reliance.

Don't forget who your heroes are, what they mean to you, and why they mean that to you.

Sending armies to McClellan is like shoveling fleas across a barnyard, not half of them get there.

Love isn't a weakness.

A lot of people would wear anger, depression or aggravation as their first layer, and they don't. They very much understand what's really important in life.

Look for the things in your life that bring you stillness and happiness, not the things that make you crazy. Look inside yourself and look for that perfect stillness.

Beauty is not generic. Quite often, the thing that makes you memorable is the thing that makes you different.

The mind is not, I know, a highway, but a temple, and its doors should not be carelessly left open.

Like other secret lovers, many speak mockingly about popular culture to conceal their passion for it.

The lowest boor may laugh on being tickled, but a man must have intelligence to be amused by wit.