It's not like I played a villain and everyone goes 'ugh, there's that guy again'.

Artists should always think of themselves as cosmic instruments for storytelling.

I believe in Christianity, Judaism and Islamism, but I stay away from churches, synagogues and mosques.

I suddenly discovered that acting made girls notice me.

I seek a deeper truth, but I don't think I have to go to a building designated for worship to find it.

I've always tried to explore the humorous aspects of life.

I've played almost every lead character from Henry VI to Othello. I'm dying to tackle Richard III sometime.

I talk to the universe all the time.

One of the things we're taught as actors is restraint - don't jump off the cliff.

To me, the job of a playwright is to explore and bring to light our lives. You can't hold back; you have to give in to this. Sometimes, you say things people don't want to hear.

FEARLESS is getting back up and fighting for what you want over and over again....even though every time you've tried before you've lost.

You have a meeting to make a decision, not to decide on the question.

Feminism means to me being comfortable with who you are as a woman and being unapologetic about it.

I started out with machine code and assembly language.

I do not know when I am more perfectly happy than when I am weeping for sin at the foot of the cross.

Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon or star.

Men there are, who having quite done with the world, all its merely worldly contents are become so far indifferent, that they carelittle of what mere worldly imprudence they may be guilty.

I'm getting paid to tour and travel and I don't have to work a shitty job. And it's weird because you like start getting pissed off about that.

You may not know it but I'm no good at coping with all the attention in the luxury hotels I sometimes find myself in.

Some say that true love is a mirage; seek it anyway, for all else is surely desert.