Acting was just outside of the realm of possibility for me. I grew up in L.A. and around Hollywood but I literally never, honestly, considered it.

I'm a third-generation American, so I like that American-looking, Northwestern style with a flannel or jean shirt.

I'm lucky to have my dad in my life. He's very brilliant, I think he's really a smart man, and he's a kind guy.

And I was very shy as a kid; if you sang me 'Happy Birthday,' I would cry. Quite shy. So the idea of being an actor, much less a model, was just out of this world.

I mean, I do believe that when you walk on the stage, or onto the screen, that's your character - not you. So it's an interesting challenge, an interesting line to walk.

I love stories and acting is a way to tell stories. Everyone assumes I've done it my whole life.

Arise and do thy sacred work.

There is a crack in everything God has made.

I did all of my learning on 'My Fair Lady.'

Marriage can be a magnificent lesson in becoming our best selves that is true.

I always trust my gut reaction it's always right.

I went and studied graphic design, because it seemed to me that advertising is more honest - the image actually has a function. But once I started on that, I realized that was really boring.

A man doesn't know what happiness is until he's married. By then it's too late.

I get so tired listening to one million dollars here, one million dollars there, it's so petty.

I think judgment is from within. It's not a God judging. Someone who is nasty - they're the one who has to sleep at night.

Be convinced that, if man were able to reach the end without preparatory studies, such studies would not be preparatory but tiresome and utterly superfluous.