I don't fall often, but I fall hard. And when you fall hard, it takes a while to get up.

A true artist, in my mind, is willing to fail sometimes, because if you're not brave enough to say yes and follow your gut, it's never going to be good.

All the characters I play are all inside of me in a way, and they're all different, the darkness, the lightness, whatever that is.

Life isn't one-dimensional. The world isn't simply divided into good versus evil. I think we're all capable of both.

As an actor, what's interesting is what's hidden away beneath the surface. You want to be like a duck on a pond - very calm on the surface but paddling away like crazy underneath.

I'm an actor and I love to find new collaborations and new characters where I can grow as an actor and human being.

I'm pretty intense when it comes to relationships, platonic ones as well. If I feel a connection with someone, I'm willing to go there.

I'm not interested in parts where they are looking for a good-looking guy. I want to be a weird little sidekick in a crazy comedy and then play like a dark drama or a thriller.

I've been a member of Greenpeace since I was a teenager.

I'm from Sweden. We don't wear clothes in Sweden.

I can't express how much admiration I have for women in general, who walk around in high heels, but, drag queens, oh my god.

My pride shut me up, my hurt shut me down, and together they ganged up on my hope and let her get away.

In this world of half-jobs and liars, I will prevail.

Write a nonfiction book, and be prepared for the legion of readers who are going to doubt your fact. But write a novel, and get ready for the world to assume every word is true.

I am sure that the Israelis and the Pentagon and everyone else are searching through this Bible Code minute by minute to see what the future holds.

In my case, performance is part of the medium. Sometimes I feel that it's my main medium, and that the presentation of my poems on the page is secondary.

Most blacks are happy, except those who have had other ideas pushed into their ears.

Now that another is suffering pain at thy hand, trust not that thy heart shall be exempt from affliction.

Father was made for romance. For him there was no such thing as a fact.

The urge is to create. The outcome belongs to God.

Principles are the basis for developing a vision and value system for all.