It's rare that I come across actors who are willing to work as hard on the material as I am

In my freshman year in high school, I went to the only public high school in Boston with a theatre program.

I didn't have big movie offers, or any big agents wanting to work with me. I had to go grassroots, start at the bottom and go on 150 auditions before someone finally gave me a shot

The food in Europe is pretty disappointing. I like fried chicken. But other than that Europe is great.

Ultimately in the end, it's the director's choice

We're entertainers, while people want us to be gods.

I wish I was a guy who could have pancakes and bacon and cheesy eggs, but I'd curl up and pass out. I gotta start healthy or I'll be off the rails all day.

What's important is self-appreciation

I love the rush of being creative. I really think I live for it.

For young filmmakers, Saw is a perfect film. It doesn't cost the GNP of almost every country of the world.

I try to ground most of my characters in reality somehow. That's kind of what I bring to the table.

If you show life that isn’t yours you are wasting your time without knowing it. Let people see for themselves.

I think midlife crisis is just a point where people's careers have reached some plateau and they have to reflect on their personal relationships.

Meditation is really a non-doing. It is the only human endeavor I know of being where you already are.

The Soul debases her self, when she sets her affections on any thing but her creator.

Have you ever really had a teacher? One who saw you as a raw but precious thing, a jewel that, with wisdom, could be polished to a proud shine?

The wild boar is often held by a small dog. [Lat., A cane non magno saepe tenetur aper.]

Hollywood does not write parts for people like me, an elderly gentleman, and when they find out you're crippled, forget about it. No, I'll never work again.

At the end of the day, I can end up just totally wacky, because I've made mountains out of molehills. With meditation, I can keep them as molehills.

You can say what Pilates is in three words. Stretch with Strength and Control. And the control part is the most important because that makes you use your mind.

As my early drawings warned me, where humans go, lions and tidal waves follow.