Things parents say to children are oftentimes not heard, but in some cases you pick up on things that your parent would like to see you have done.

The difference between a hero and a coward is one step sideways.

I was trained to be an actor, not a star. I was trained to play roles, not to deal with fame and agents and lawyers and the press.

Like a duck on the pond. On the surface everything looks calm, but beneath the water those little feet are churning a mile a minute.

I do not like assassins, or men of low character.

Dysfunctional families have sired a number of pretty good actors.

Seventy-five per cent of being successful as an actor is pure luck. The rest is just endurance.

Honesty isn't enough for me. That becomes very boring. If you can convince people what you're doing is real and it's also bigger than life - that's exciting.

Hollywood loves to typecast, and I guess they saw me as a violent guy.

My wife and I take what we call our Friday comedy day off. We watch standup comics on TV. The raunchier the better. We love Eddie Izzard.

Don't piss in my ear and tell me it's raining.

But like so many unfortunate events in life, just because you don't understand it doesn't mean it isn't so.

I took three years off. I differentiated myself from the industry. Found my identity - sort of... I haven't graduated yet. I'm not legitimately educated yet, but maybe one day.

It's interesting when something's written about you, and there's comments after.

Across the continent, political divisions are deepening. For all of these reasons, the specter of a euro zone collapse has not been dispatched.

...when you resist what happens, your mind begins to race; the same thoughts that impinge upon you are actually created by you.

The song stands for a sense of joy in existence, a joy that is free of any good or bad choices.

A tanned skin is something more than respectable, and perhaps olive is a fitter color than white for a man,--a denizen of the woods. "The pale white man!" I do not wonder that the African pitied him.

Everybody has their own opinion and own ideas of what beauty is.

I was pitching on all adrenaline and challenging them. I was throwing the ball right down the heart of the plate.