The films that are interesting you never can stop... there's no end point, you just keep thinking and musing about it.

Acting is not about being famous, it's about exploring the human soul.

If you're an actor, you have to find a way to make peace with all the media attention.

I am really looking forward as I get older and older, to being less and less nice.

I still remember the five points of salesmanship: attention, interest, conviction, desire and close.

We want to be seen for who we really are, and each person has his own complex story and reasons for doing what they do.

I love watching people listen. And on film often some of the best moments if you think about favorite moments on film, often the person isn't even talking.

Oh, honey, I'm from Oklahoma! This is who I am - middle-class all the way!

Some people say talent is energy and that's a very interesting way of thinking about it. In other words, people with talent have a lot of energy.

We're not all evil or all good, and we all make mistakes to one degree or another.

Things either become unclear in a story or they're just ambiguous with no real point. So defined gray area with clarity that also works in the narrative, that's tricky.

All the life will not have any value if you never felt beloved.

Am I the girl/ Whose giggle crinkles her big eyes/ Or the woman whose small eyes/ Crinkle her vision?

You know what days these are? The days of Elijah. We are in the days of Elijah! Fire is falling down from heaven!

We need to take advantage of the opportunity we have now to create a vision and become great.

Longer than there've been fishes in the ocean, higher than any bird ever flew, longer than there've been stars up in the heavens, I've been in love with you.

Where much is expected from an individual, he may rise to the level of events and make the dream come true.

There's something about the authenticity rather than the autobiography that makes my story and my pain move across and become your story and your pain.

I was born with the gift.

I've watched Jamie Oliver 's Food Revolution, he wants better school lunches for children in the US and UK. In NZ, we want Kiwi kids to have school lunches!

What is the government? Nothing, unless supported by opinion.