I think Damien Hirst is hilarious. And I think he's a true artist. He's not hilarious first; I think he is a real artist, and I also think he's got an amazing sense of humor.

Portraiture keeps me humble. It's simple and straightforward. There is nothing more interesting I can make up than the figure sitting right in front of me.

I have to remember that for the most part people will see me for what I do, not what I say I do.

I think I did a lot of really stupid stuff really quickly in my twenties and that sort of led me to want to sort of just relax a little bit. Relax a lot.

Being humble and sweet is the hardest thing you can do.

I've been painting and making things since I was little.

I know acting is not impersonating, but I'm good with impressions. I can do impressions of people I know, and people I've been, and roles that I've acted before.

I go to Florida sometimes for vacation. I actually really like Florida. It's a weird place, it's surreal. It's so close, but you feel like you're in another world or on an island.

People are confusing me with a good actor when I'm just a good mimic. When someone asks me to play a nun from the fifteenth century, you'll see what I mean.

I've never been one to just do what I'm told. I don't say that necessarily with pride, it's just something that has gotten me in trouble before.

I've had a baby. I've had an abortion.

He was wearing a little bag of “Mojo” around his neck.

Every adversity serves a divine purpose.

... and yet, to say the truth, reason and love keep little company together now-a-days...

Quality is a flying goal, always fight to achieve

The individual's right to pursue his own vision of the best ration of pleasure to pain: utterly sacrosanct.

In the end the listening exposes you even more than it exposes the people you're trying to listen to.

If you want to become the best runner you can be, start now. Don't spend the rest of your life wondering if you can do it.

Add little to little and there will be a big pile.

If you want to know India, study Vivekananda. In him everything is positive and nothing negative.

Make your life a happy one. That is where success is possible to every man.