When you think about the person responsible for creating the character and the dialogue, Bill Monahan, who's a Boston guy, obviously, his words roll off my tongue quite nicely.

You can't have a conscience in the pimp game.

I've always wanted to do right in life. But the wanting and the doing aren't quite the same thing.

As far as I'm concerned, there's no job more important on the planet than being a mom.

Look, if you're driving down the highway at 120 miles an hour, I'd rather be behind the wheel than in the backseat.

For me, family always comes first I would do anything to protect them.

Having two daughters changed my perspective on a lot of things, and I definitely have a newfound respect for women. And I think I finally became a good and real man when I had a daughter.

All that running around in my underwear put money in my pockets. I can focus on working in interesting movies without having to worry about supporting myself.

It's all about love and how we are all connected.

If I can start my day out by saying my prayers and getting myself focused, then I know I'm doing the right thing. That 10 minutes helps me in every way throughout the day.

Well, I would love it if they could take all the guns away. Unfortunately, you can't do that so you hope that good people in the world have them to protect the people who can't protect themselves.

Now I feel like James Bond. Suave and intelligent, breaking all the codes while looking fabulous.

Everyone is doing their job within a system. Even the revolutionaries are in a system.

A people represents not so much an aggregate of ideas and theories as of obsessions.

If you can't make yourself understood by your friends, you'll be in trouble when your enemies come for you.

I was mild-mannered, wore glasses, was very shy with women.

True greatness depends on total wisdom. The real lesson is to learn to love.

Many a night I woke to the murmer of paper and knew (Dad) was up, sitting in the kitchen with frayed King James - oh, but he worked that book; he held to it like a rope ladder.

I know that I am very much like everybody else, but not really.

The lonely season in lonely lands, when fled Are half the birds, and mists lie low, and the sun Is rarely seen, nor strayeth far from his bed; The short days pass unwelcomed one by one.

Touring has been a new part of my life in a lot of ways. We've just been touring massively since the record came out and before. Learning how to write while all that is going on is a new thing.