I was running in circles, I hurt myself, just to find my purpose. Everything was so worthless, I didn't deserve this, but to me you were perfect.

What a waste my life would be without all the beautiful mistakes I've made.

Ever director has at least 10 bad films in them.

...As an artist, you need the naysayers and the nonbelievers to add fuel to your creative fire.

Who can protect themselves from betrayal? The day your brother wakes up and plans to do you dirty, there's no defense against that.

When given an opportunity, deliver excellence and never quit.

Sometimes you don’t get a second chance. You need to take a chance when you have the opportunity. Always.

It’s not great when your husband thinks the only guy who can talk to you, is some other guy.

I love the start of autumn when the trees in my garden change the colour of their leaves in one last dazzling display.

That's one of the first things that comes out of young people's mouths when they're in love. FOREVER. And that's cool, it's all good-until you get old enough to realize what forever is.

People just weren't interesting. Maybe they weren't supposed to be. But animals, birds, even insects were. I couldn't understand it.

It's to me one simple rule. Who imposes his will on the other man?

After I had known [Barack Obama] for a while, I remember saying to my partner, "You know, this guy is really ambitious, I think he wants to be Mayor of Chicago." That was the limit of my imagination.

A devastating commentary on the war in Iraq is that we have been unable to spend money on infrastructure.

Music has been already devalued by the consumer. There's an expectation that it should be free so the race to the bottom has already been won.

The ears of men are lesser agents of belief than their eyes.

I'm so uncoordinated, I can't really do that much, so my specialty is standing in one spot or holding on to something, like an exploding rocket or a jetski.

Hot Cheetos! Ohhhhh! I used to crave them. I remember I used to eat them for breakfast, lunch and dinner. I had to stop. I had to turn it around because it was getting addicting.

With a book tucked in one hand, and a computer shoved under my elbow, I will march, not sidle, shudder or quake, into the twenty-first century.

I think every actor should be always grateful when they work.

Sometimes we feel we straddle two cultures; at other times, that we fall between two stools.