It's interesting, winning an Academy Award as a young man... life-changing, but I'm just me within that. It's been very helpful for my career, but I'm trying to stay on the path I was on before.

You'd be surprised how difficult it is relinquish a cell phone

What guides me is to do work that's more avant-garde - things that I think are special. You can easily become a celebrity and get caught up in all that blur. I just want to work and surprise myself.

A little bit of attention and kindness can totally change a whole life, and a lack of that can do the same.

I was a wild, mischievous kid, and I had tremendous imagination. Any experience I had, I'd try to reenact it.

It made me have a much greater understanding of loss, of loneliness, and the level of intense tragedy that so many people have experienced in this world, I take a lot less for granted.

My dad told me, 'It takes fifteen years to be an overnight success', and it took me seventeen and a half years.

I try to pace myself and not work for the sake of working and stick to what inspired me prior to receiving recognition.

It would be terribly boring to be earnest.

Film is a time capsule. If I have a lack of dedication or focus, it's permanently there as a negative reminder.

I always had an actor within me.

Withhold a smile only when the smile can hurt someone. Otherwise, let it bloom forth in a riot.

Jason's fingers itched to draw his sword. He'd met plenty of scary demigods, but he was starting to realize that Nico di Angelo--as pale and gaunt as he looked--might be more than he could handle.

Wisdom in groups is earned by gathering useful data, exploring diverse perspectives, respecting different viewpoints, and then shaped through critical reflection on behalf of tangible outcomes.

CREDIT supposes specific and permanent funds for the punctual payment of interest, with a moral certainty of a final redemption of the principal.

Victory is for them, not for us. We have not made profit out of our country's misfortune. Victory does not bring us luck.

I've seen a lot of women give up after they've had three or four bad gigs in a row. It's very difficult to learn not to take nasty heckles personally.

There's lots of different feminist groups. It's not as straightforward as just looking like a plumber.

How people treat other people is a direct reflection of how they feel about themselves.

Wine gives courage and makes men more apt for passion.

A woman can't change a man because she loves him. A man changes himself because he loves her.