If my shirt's off all the time on national TV, with 20 million people watching, I want to look my best.

When you release endorphins, you just feel good.

I never really had that father figure to look up to. I think that's the reason I'm so ambitious. I felt like I wasn't appreciated as a child so I wanted to prove my worth as an adult, as an actor.

I don't want to be one of those 40-something guys in L.A. still dating, still going out to clubs and chasing 21-year-olds. It's not a good look.

The reason so many celebrities try to keep things secret is you want the chance to get to know someone without the glare of public scrutiny.

I'm estranged from my father and that relationship, as a young man, is incredibly important. It's probably responsible for the man I've become.

I don't think I'm destined to be the eternal bachelor.

Fame introduced me to a world of instant gratification and decadence I hadn't seen before.

There's no perfect relationship. All relationships are work. If you put in the work, you'll reap the rewards.

It's a privilege to act, and you have to protect and cherish it.

Having a profile means you have to be cautious of who you let into your world, as you don't know if they're being genuine or not, but it's more that it can be a strain on your relationships.

The historian records, but the novelist creates.

Believing in your potential and calling upon your courage to change will fuel your professional growth and help you accomplish goals.

Happy endings are for people that can't survive the alternative. What a bunch of wimps.

A path is a prior interpretation of the best way to traverse a landscape.

Love is what makes two people sit in the middle of a bench when there is plenty of room at both ends.

Salvation for a race, nation or class must come from within. Freedom is never granted; it is won. Justice is never given; it is exacted.

Music can set an atmosphere of worship which invites [the] spirit of revelation, of testimony.

The best characters to play are the ones who have deep internal conflict.

Who would want to live in a world that is just not quite fatal?

I grew up watching British comedy on TV, really.