What's great about well-written material is, if you can shock with justifiable actions, that's the best.

I learned long ago to focus on things you can control and don't even pay attention to things you don't.

I have a lovely family who supports me and it's great.

With craziness, you can't predict it. There's very little defense you can have on craziness.

I think naturally, if you're an actor, there's a high level of assertiveness that you need to have to survive this business. There's boldness in being assertive, and there's strength and confidence.

You get addicted to emotions. Our endorphins kick in and it's like a high. On the low end you might love roller coasters. On the high end you might be a bank robber or something.

If you have a level of expectation in your life that you have to be a quote-unquote star, whatever that means, you might be setting yourself up for failure.

I think it's not a question of why, more a question of why not.

Take a chance. Take a risk. Find that passion and rekindle it. Fall in love all over again. It's really worth it.

If you work hard, you have a better chance of producing something that you're proud of. If you don't, you won't. It's really simple.

Every experience feeds an actor, and I've learned that depression is all around us.

If we love God, we will love another. Love is God.

Let life happen to you. Believe me: life is in the right, always.

Motivation is a skill. It can be learned and practiced.

A compromise is done willingly and out of love. You don't go away thinking, "I betrayed myself."

I went through a mod and goth-phase when I decided that I wouldn't ever be the bronzed beach-bunny. I started going as pale as I possibly could.

Africa has more dictators per capita than any other continent.

The award is important in order to bring people to the movie theater. That's the only principle meaning of any award.

With music and art, I can create the kind of world in which I wish to live.

The ninth rule of the ethics of means and ends is that any effective means is automatically judged by the opposition as being unethical.

Whatever impresses you attracts you. Whatever you pursue becomes your purpose.