I've never formally trained in acting, so I'm very instinctual and visceral with decisions.

Everybody has difficult years, but a lot of times the difficult years end up being the greatest years of your whole entire life, if you survive them.

The older I get, the more I embrace my own idiosyncrasies.

I ask a lot because I'm very curious - especially about ex-girlfriends. I'm pretty good at getting the answers, too.

I think the key to happiness is allowing ourselves to not feel bad or guilty for feeling it, and letting it be contagious. And to not be dependent on other people to create your own happiness.

I am an eternal optimist. Being happy is a choice. And you can make that choice every day, if you want to.

I'm a clean freak and a germaphobe - I have hand sanitizer in my pocket.

Sticking to your values, listening to your instincts, making your own choices is so important.

I did learn one great lesson from a past relationship, and that was to never talk about relationships in print again because I'd rather live my private life than read about it.

Cherish the good, learn from the bad

I'd love to be a man for a day, just to see what it's like.

All hatred of others is a reflection of self-hatred. All love of others is a reflection of self-love.

The basis of all animal rights should be the Golden Rule: we should treat them as we would wish them to treat us, were any other species in our dominant position

We discussed politics, but we also talked about the importance of hard work, personal responsibility, living within your means, keeping your word. Those lessons stay with you throughout your life.

The ground of all religion, that which makes it possible, is the relation in which the human soul stands to God.

Educate yourself, learn about what refugees face when they don't have homes, after they have lost everything.

I have always been a combination of both security and insecurity.

People who watch Transporter are maybe asking a little less about reality, being serious, and so on.

I was a crazy guy in Hollywood back in the day, and then when I switched into theater I got into work mode.

To conceive that compulsion and punishment are the proper means of reformation is the sentiment of a barbarian.

Maybe we didn't have many possessions, but we never went hungry, were cold, or lacked love.