When I was younger, I never wanted to rehearse because I thought that someone would figure out I don't know what I'm doing.

I think that there's no doubt that to work in film is a bit more of a creative journey. It's not that I don't put the same time or heart into something that's on television.

I just loved being around everybody. We just found a rhythm with each other that you want to get on everything you ever do in your life.

I like characters where there's something going on and something to make him real. If you find out what somebody cares about, all of a sudden, the whole world opens up.

I really dig the writers, and I think they challenged me for the most part throughout the journey on the show. If you don't challenge me in a series sort of situation, boy, I couldn't be on it long.

Ridley Scott - not that he shared it a lot, but you can just see that everything he did, Ridley always seemed to be just so clear. I love that about him.

The greatest joy in getting ready for the film is that there aren't many reference points for the journey and you've got to define it for yourself.

I was kind of excited to go to jail for the first time and I learnt some great dialogue.

God has not promised to bless my thoughts, but He has promised to bless His Word.

Books are worse than wine, I say. You read one and you need another - there's no end to it. What ails you that you cannot content yourself with just living on under the sun?

My happiness isn't dependent on anyone else's.

Those of you who love the Lord should hate evil

I'm not interested in the texture of a rock, but in its shadow.

Across the board, it's infinitely more effective to praise actions that you want to encourage than to punish those you disapprove of.

Substitute "damn" every time you're inclined to write "very"; your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.

He stole my music but he gave me my name.

For the last six weeks I have found myself pestered by some characters in search of an author.