Keats himself spoke about how Shakespeare was capable of erasing himself completely from the characters he had created. As an actor, that is what I'm trying to do.

The criminal justice system, like any system designed by human beings, clearly has its flaws.

I think the sensation of being moved by a piece of art is something that is really good for a person's soul.

I can be shy, but I’m not really. I try to be better at overcoming these things people have said.

I find it weird that people want to know about you.

I find it really hard to say anything coherent or interesting about the work I do.

I'm not tortured and neurasthenic - I'm really not.

Your one certainty in life, your power as a human being, is that you have a choice in every situation about what you do next and about how you take what has happened to you.

I am a typical Libran. I tend to see two sides of everything.

I reckon domesticated cats have a pretty good life.

It's fun to pretend you're good at something you know you wouldn't be good at in real life.

Yes - I am usually overweight. I have had to be interested in diet because of being diabetic for 30 years and having kidney failure.

And what fun is it being a genius if no one appreciates you?

I was a little, skinny, runt kid, and I decided that bowling was what I was going to do in life.

Most people think they want more money than they really do, and they settle for a lot less than they could get

My favorite movie ever is Bicycle Thieves.

I think art, at best, holds up a mirror to humanity.

I think in America there's this free flow between fashion, art, architecture, music and design. In Europe it's more segregated between those different disciplines I think.

I have no doubt I was someone very interesting in a past life.

Don't wait until you're in a crisis to come up with a crisis plan.

Leaders keep their eyes on the horizon, not just on the bottom line.