Something that could bring you wealth and fame could also be your end, your undoing.

I know I wasn't as handsome as some other guys, but I was OK with that.

All over the world, young men and young women will always dream dreams.

The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you're uncool.

The ambition, the drive, the wanting to be the center of attention, the wanting to succeed... They're all inside me somewhere.

I didn't go out looking for negative characters; I went out looking for people who have a struggle and a fight to tackle. That's what interests me.

Don't let people treat you like a cigarette, they only use you when they're bored and step on you when they're done. Be like drugs, let them die for you.

I work constantly but I work at a lot of different things. You know, I run a theater company in New York, I direct plays, act in plays, in movies, so I try to keep it eclectic.

No one wants to be pretentious about what they do or take it seriously, because that is just weird.

I think you should be serious about what you do because this is it. This is the only life you've got.

To be loved, I think, is the thing that gets you up in the morning.

You can't push me away, mio cuore. You can't!

Freedom means choosing your burden.

They are the only people in the world who I can truly trust and rely on. Touring gets really lonely. I guess I have friends around me but when you're paying them can they ever really be true friends?

I believe people have a right to know what's going on with their information and how it's collected, how it's stored and who gets it.

The Obama presidency has two great missions: fixing the economy, and preventing Iran from gaining nuclear weapons.

Censorship has kind of disappeared in a way because everything is accessible online.

[Our self-image is] that gap between intention and effect

The things you fear are undefeatable, not by their nature, but by your approach.

The cobs were delivered to a big pile. We were one of the first to feed corn cobs to cattle.

The best part about the movie, and everybody seems to rave about it, is the boot camp part.