I always think change is important in a character. The most dynamic choices that you can make for a character are always the best ones.

I like anything that is like an obstruction, something that I have to act through is good.

If all the circumstances of acting are made to easy, then there's no grain of sand to make the pearl.

It is very possible that I could have ended up on 80 acres of land by myself, and fallen in love at a distance with a gorgeous woman I could never have been with.

Im okay with being unimpressive. I sleep better.

I don't really worry about being typecast much. I mean, everyone in Hollywood is typecast to a degree.

I've always looked at the world as a place where people have done evil things. There are people in the world, for instance, that would describe Americans as evil.

I like to work as an actor. Not just for money, but because I really enjoy acting.

I just pick the best roles that are left over, and they usually aren't the heterosexual, leading-man, non-drug-addict parts. And once you get into doing them, people know you do them.

To me, one of the main things that a director does is create the tone of his movie.

I frequently gravitate toward characters that have some urgency or soul.

Intelligence is not always the source of knowledge but love is.

Love in its essence is spiritual fire.

Prayer is asking for rain and faith is carrying the umbrella.

Did you know that..........'embargo' spelled backwards is 'o grab me

Don't be deluded into believing that the titular heads of the networks control what appears on their networks. They all have better taste.

There's a big difference between decorators and designers and the training is very different.

Justice prevails over transgression when she comes to the end of the race.

Many of the traits that make Amazon unusual are now deeply ingrained in the culture. In fact, if I wanted to change them, I couldn't. The cultures are self-reinforcing, and that's a good thing.

The highest cannot be spoken; it can only be acted.

Even Christian—the poster child for "smartass"—looked grim.