I don't see money or a particular status as an actor as a goal, but I want to do the best work I can in as interesting a range of roles as I can.

The comfort zone is the great enemy to creativity; moving beyond it necessitates intuition, which in turn configures new perspectives and conquers fears.

I've had to learn when not to tweet. Like, you learn how to keep your mouth shut? Learn to keep your tweet shut.

All my early school reports from the age of 5 were 'Daniel must learn not to distract others.'

I never quite toed the line.

I'm shocked at being recognized.

I do listen to a lot of music. Actually, I very often ask directors if they can offer up a play list. They very often have one anyway that they're listening to.

It's the challenge of trying to evoke any kind of sympathy for a role that ordinarily we would say, "Oh, this is a bad guy" and dismiss him.

I've never been a fan of directors who clutter a piece with all sorts of crazy preconceptions or weird ideas.

Soap opera seems to be a dirty word, but actually they are the most popular shows we have.

I haven't done as many films as I would have liked.

The only reason you should ever look down on someone, is to help them up.

And being a husband made me helpless, because I had somebody to protect (somebody a little high-strung, who had a tough time emotionally with things like the lights going out indefinitely).

Life’s much more pleasing when you don’t have to spend all of your time thinking.

If you believe you can, you can make your dreams come true.

People often expect me to be very serious, but it's not like my record company told me not to smile in photographs, because I was like that anyway.

I'm a songwriter-I'm obligated to keep pushing myself.

A lot of people spend their time just floating/ We were victims together but lonely.

Discipline yourself to start each day identifying something to be grateful about. The world opens to those who approach it with a grateful heart.

It's so easy to get caught up in what people expect of you. Sometimes, you can just lose yourself.

A good painter needs only three colours: black, white and red.