You're always dealing with emotions as an actor.

You go back to those films of the '40s and '50s and hear the dialogue, the way the people played off each other, the wordplay. I think we've really lost that in movies.

I just like to keep challenging myself, keep it varied. It's a craft, and I'm constantly trying to learn and get better at it.

Parenthood and family come first for me, and when I'm not working I'm cool with the Teletubbies.

I feel for those 19-year-olds who get thrust into the limelight that young.

It's important to me that everyone is treated with respect.

I always want my options to be open.

Every journalist who is not too stupid or too full of himself to notice what is going on knows that what he does is morally indefensible.

You won't find a better young actor than Jaeden Lieberher. I ended up having one of the best times with him, really. Going to work with him every day was a treat.

The sexiest part of the body is the eyes. That's what I believe.

I don't think you necessarily identify and believe in the motifs of the character, but you have to want to play it and want to commit to the lines.

No pain could match the emptiness of separation, no agony rivaled the unreality of not being with her.

Imagination is the core of attraction.

The grass is always greener when it's covered in money.

where is here, when is now??

Being short works for me.

Knowledge is one. Its division into subjects is a concession to human weakness.

Ireland is a fruitful mother of genius, but a barren nurse.

All we know of the truth is that the absolute truth, such as it is, is beyond our reach.

God's heart is the most sensitive and tender of all. No act goes unnoticed, no matter how insignificant or small.

Should you fail to pilot your own ship, don't be surprised at what inappropriate port you find yourself docked.