I love 'Boardwalk Empire.' I really love that world. I love that style. I love all the actors on it.

The rain probably dampened the spirits of those that decided not to come. But the people who were here didn't know it was raining because they were having so much fun.

Look at what your idea of success would be. The more that you take in external motivators, the more it reduces your ultimate satisfaction because it doesn't come from inside.

Invented the #hashtag.

I think as an actor, you're constantly putting yourself out there, and a lot of times failing - and failing in front of a bunch of people - and sometimes you have a good moment and something clicks.

Nothing is as it seems; everything is as you allow it to be

I'm not a cook. I don't think I ever will be.

I think Aaron Sorkin is like Shakespeare. When you go through it, there is a rhythm and clues all over the place of how it should be played.

When you do a play, you do it for a couple months, and it just gets in your bones. You can learn about somebody that way.

Well, it's always strange to kiss someone with 10, 20, 40 people around.

There's been a lot of times that I thought I'd never work again; I was really bummed out.

In every argument there is a discovery of truth and a bed of success.

Always look up to the better. They tell you where to go but never look down upon inferior because you know, you were once there.

I demand unconditional love and complete freedom. That is why I am terrible.

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

I think it's always good for the author to stay a good cattle prod's distance from the actual moviemaking.

We get these questions a lot from the enterprising young. It's a very intelligent question: You look at some old guy who's rich and you ask, 'How can I become like you, except faster?'

Individual glory is insignificant when compared to achieving victory as a team.

I think there's more real in the unreal than there is in the real.

The most noble criticism is that in which the critic is not the antagonist so much as the rival of the author.

You either mellow at 30, or your head explodes - take your choice.