To me the definition of true masculinity - and femininity, too - is being able to lay in your own skin comfortably.

Unless you look like Brad Pitt, it's really hard to have full control of your character.

Im a character actor, and I made a choice when I was young, after Mystic Pizza, not to go for the mainstream stuff, and to do a more eclectic kind of route.

It's like why people read scary books or go see scary movies. Because it creates a distance. They're scared, but they're not going to get hurt.

This haunting idea of becoming a celebrity doesn't settle well with me at all.

When I was younger I used to pick things just to face the fear.

It's pretty simple, pretty obvious: that people's first impressions of people are really a big mistake.

If you try to go beyond your interests just for the sake of pretensions or wealth, your art becomes less legitimate.

The key is always to speak in your own voice. Speak the truth. That's Acting 101.

I found my niche as a character actor, and I've never felt like a movie star or teen idol and never wanted to.

Acting is not a mystery. There's nothing that I know that other actors don't know. We all act, we're all actors, we all know the same thing. The only thing that separates us is experience.

She believed in nothing. Only her scepticism kept her from being an atheist.

Fathers left distinctive footprints

If your computer speaks English, it was probably made in Japan.

I wasn't a cliquey person, and I think that's because I came from a large family. I got along with everybody, and I usually got along with the people that people didn't like.

The only way to motivate people is to live a motivated life in front of them

The vote is a power, a weapon of offense and defense, a prayer.

All I knew when I moved to Nashville was that I wanted to make music in whatever shape and form I could.

For scientific researchers, charitable donations are enormous engines of new opportunities.

I've learnt to accept what has happened to my voice, I suppose, but I do wish it didn't sound quite so rough.

I favor the extension of the middle-class tax cuts because in a recession they're stimulative and they help with demand.