Try and understand what part you have to play in the world in which you live. There's more to life than you know and it's all happening out there. Discover what part you can play and then go for it.

I often thought my gravestone would say, 'Here lies Gandalf. He came out,'

Acting is a very personal process. It has to do with expressing your own personality, and discovering the character you're playing through your own experience - so we're all different.

To know you are in the company with people who love and care for each other, as well as for whatever they are working on, is almost essential.

I’ve often thought the Bible should have a disclaimer in the front saying this is fiction.

You can always pick out stage actors at the Oscars: they know how to walk.

We are very lucky to be men because women have a terrible time getting older parts. It's much more difficult.

Personally, coming out was one of the most important things I've ever done, lifting from my shoulders the millstone of lies that I hadn't even realized I was carrying.

When you were on stage, you could be absolutely open about your emotions and indulge them and express yourself in a way that - in real life - I wasn't doing.

Splendid architecture, the love of your life, an old friend... they can all go drifting by unseen if youre not careful.

In fact, my face has shrunk in the meantime, but it won't be particularly noticeable because it's covered up with hair. So I hope I'm not alarmed if I ever do sit through the five movies.

The moment we cry in a film is not when things are sad but when they turn out to be more beautiful than we expected them to be.

Never see yourself as a disappointment or failure just because you were fired

True friends celebrate your success and share your grief!

For best results, apply regularly.

The universe is a giant mind. Some people have the ability to tap into that mind, we call them psychic. Others don't, we call them dull ... but they have potential.

I moved to New York in the 1970s and started writing when I was at the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program.

I get paid to not laugh.

Sometimes you have to do what’s wrong in order to do what’s right.

At times we can be self-absorbed. Lord, help us to open our hearts to others and to serve those who are most vulnerable.

A piece of writing is a dangerous thing," he said. "It can change your life.