The more you think about something, the more important it becomes, the more important it is to you, and the more important it will become to the audience.

As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster.

I really believe that you never stop learning.

I'm not a proponent of people watching a movie, and then going out and doing something bad. People have been doing bad things, well before movies.

I just - you know, some people just have some very full laughter - full of joy - and have no shame or fear of letting that out.

I didn't like some of the movies that were coming into me

I was on a soap opera before that for three years, where I was the nicest guy on earth.

You're always - you're constantly learning things if you're the type of person who stays open and current.

Suddenly playing the charming bad guy was my thing.

I know when I go to a movie I want to experience something, whether to laugh, to cry, to feel bad.

So, you need to balance it out with bigger and smaller movies.

One glance at a book and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for 1, 000 years. To read is to voyage through time.

The Worst thing that Good could do to Evil was ignore it...

If I went back to college again, I'd concentrate on two areas learning to write and to speak before an audience. Nothing in life is more important than the ability to communicate effectively.

When I was a girlthe books I read were by men.

He bowed. 'The young lady must not dance alone.

How much easier is it to lead an unexamined life than to confront yourself on the page?

I was very, very fortunate. I knew that. I've always known that.

Everybody can be great...because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve.

One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential.

Taken together, our songs are like a mural of our lives.