I'm very interested in the history of Christianity, and what I can say for sure is that the Catholics and the Jesuits and stuff were very big on teaching and on learning.

Crewing and being on film sets is kind of like being in the carnival, with carnie folks.

There are two things: 1) what things one does in the world, and 2) what family one has. There's the two really tangible things that can stay.

Acting is a bit of a heart and soul exercise with me. It's kind of all I've got.

As an outsider in America, you do see the kind of hypocrisy that's rampant there.

The people I've encountered who are really dangerous in my life don't go around with their fangs drawn - they are dangerous because of the way they interpret what's going on.

Life is a lot sweeter, I think, than you can be aware of it at times.

People don't know who I am, and that's not a bad thing at all from my end.

If you ride like lightning, you're gonna crash like thunder.

I think that story wins out over acting and that the thing as a whole is more important than the performances therein.

From my point of view, things don't have to change to get better. Things are fantastic.

I do not wish to travel around the world. I already have the world trying to travel around me.

Is that the biggest favor your vocal cords have done to anyone this week?

Every time I've done something that doesn't feel right, it's ended up not being right.

Heroic dreams are the consolation of the unhappy. After all, when people like us say we're being heroic, it usually means we're about to kill each other--or kill ourselves.

Positive thinking can be contagious. Being surrounded by winners helps you develop into a winner.

. . . don't rewrite unless you know what you're trying to do.

Everything that I do, I have to do at my best. No one is perfect, but you can come close.

We’ve been proud of the fact that we were known for our music first and it has been what makes us work harder

Prose is like hair; it shines with combing.

All other species on this planet are gene machines only. They don't imitate at all well; we alone are gene machines and meme machines as well.