You know, I love acting.

Actors are trusting souls, and we must go by gut-level instinct, even after our agents and business managers weigh all the odds.

If I feel the part is right, and I know that the producers and the director want me, I'd go for broke. Always.

Communication is very important. And the arts do that, whether it's film or theater.

If I get a chance to act, I will act. And then I'm usually the happiest person around.

Perfection is out of the question.

When a man comes out of great danger, he is apt to be a little deaf to the call of duty.

The proper way to understand any social system was to view it from above.

I'm drawn to look tough. The arched eyebrows are just there - I don't do them like that. I have strong features, but I wish I could be tougher.

The president [Barack Obama] himself has said he thought part of his job was to remind the American people that being president and commander in chief is a serious responsibility.

When life attains a crisis, man’s focus narrows. […] The world becomes a stage of immediate concern, swept free of illusion.

Aidan to Jude: What's wrong with running away if where you were didn't suit you? Doesn't it follow you're funning to something else? Something that does suit you?

In life you have three options with any situation that is a challenge. Remove yourself from the situation, change it, or accept it.

Momentum is a fragile force. Its worst enemy: procrastination. Its best friend: a deadline (think Election Day). Implication no. 1 (and there is no no. 2): Get to work! NOW!

The end crowns all, And that old common arbitrator, Time, Will one day end it.

Your worship is not a gift from you to God. It is a gift from God to you.