We take so many of our freedoms for granted nowadays - I can travel where I like, I can have a baby when I like, I can do any job I want - but I do think chivalry has been lost a little bit.

The comfort zone is the great enemy to creativity; moving beyond it necessitates intuition, which in turn configures new perspectives and conquers fears.

I've had to learn when not to tweet. Like, you learn how to keep your mouth shut? Learn to keep your tweet shut.

All my early school reports from the age of 5 were 'Daniel must learn not to distract others.'

I don't see money or a particular status as an actor as a goal, but I want to do the best work I can in as interesting a range of roles as I can.

I never quite toed the line.

I'm shocked at being recognized.

I do listen to a lot of music. Actually, I very often ask directors if they can offer up a play list. They very often have one anyway that they're listening to.

It's the challenge of trying to evoke any kind of sympathy for a role that ordinarily we would say, "Oh, this is a bad guy" and dismiss him.

I've never been a fan of directors who clutter a piece with all sorts of crazy preconceptions or weird ideas.

Soap opera seems to be a dirty word, but actually they are the most popular shows we have.

To realize the truth, you have to cross the boundaries of all religions and prophets.

Marriage is the triumph of imagination over intelligence. Second marriage is the triumph of hope over experience.

Don’t be afraid of failures it takes courage to try new things & only those who try create History.

You can recover from the state of shock.

I'm glad that my films have been consistently faring well rather than one stray Friday!

Entire generations of Americans have come of age since the ancient time when the president's power was constrained by a duty of candor to the American people.

As I say, I as an abstract artist was active politically.

Don't punish yourselves for people's ignorant reactions to what we all are. Don't let ignorance win. Let love.

In order to be successful, I had to be willing to grow and change to become whoever I needed to be.

Who can control his fate?