I'm convinced that had I not changed my name, I don't think I would have had quite the same career curve that I eventually had.

If I were to play somebody who ran a fish and chip shop, I would not work in a fish and chip shop for three months. Staring at chips is not going to help me in my performance.

I think the cinema you like has more to do with silence, and the theater you like has more to do with language.

One of the greatest things drama can do, at it's best, is to redefine the words we use every day such as love, home, family, loyalty and envy. Tragedy need not be a downer.

Family is family over the internet, over Skype, over the telephone. Love is love. You don't have to actually go through some ritual to prove that you love somebody.

Fifteen years before I became a screen actor, I was in the theatre. A lot of my work was comedy, which I loved doing. It's harder.

With narration, you have to be very accurate with your voice. It's a good exercise to do.

Equal partners aren't always what we envision as being manifestly equal. Equality can come in many different shapes and sizes and combinations.

I do remember, as a child, that I always imagined, when I was maybe 6 or 7, my fantasy was that everywhere I went I was being followed by an invisible film crew.

They're a very strange lot actors, very strange people.

You cannot learn a lesson of profound forgiveness unless you understand what it is to be wounded and forgive that which has wounded you.

Keep your heart clearAnd transparent, And you willNever be bound.A single disturbed thoughtCreates ten thousand distractions.

When you write about justice, you better forget who is going to be hurt.

A majority opinion does not represent the ultimate decision because such a view is not unanimous and lacks general will.

Guilty as charged. We are very much supportive of the family - the biblical definition of the family unit.

I'm convinced that technology and art go together - and always have, for centuries.

If you are in a play, and you catch a cold, you are able to muddle through. If you are carrying a musical, it's a different thing altogether. It's the great fear of any singer's life.

If I am not worth the wooing, I surely am not worth the winning!

We are but the instruments or assistants, by whom God works.

You have to work hard not to take your partner for granted, even when you are tired.

So what if I cant spell Armageddon, its not the end of the world.