You should know the lines, be prepared, get sleep, and have the script analyzed so you're ready to rock and roll.

I'm a firm believer that character is highly overrated. Character is a trick that we do with the audience's collusion.

I was a dog in a past life. Really. I'll be walking down the street and dogs will do a sort of double take. Like, Hey, I know him.

That red carpet has to be felt to be believed.

Oh yeah, that's the Holy Grail, Pirates of the Caribbean. Johnny Depp, he's the real deal, isn't he? He doesn't get the girl, and he doesn't care.

Shameless is a rough show, and it’s not for everyone, but it’s also beautiful.

It's hard to be depressed around a ukulele. You just pick it up and you're halfway home.

I'll tell you this about the Oscars - they're real.

There are some older women out there who are just knockouts, real beauties, and they're not getting the roles they should.

Everyone hooks up with George Clooney. He's a genuinely cool guy. He's using his powers for good.

I love metaphor the way some people love junk food.

When you lose your ego, you win. It really is that simple.

I don't want the technology of the 1950s, but I want the free market of the 1950s.

Sometimes it takes losing everything to see the truth in nothing, except love, honor, and death.

Alone we are savages, together we are civilization

Inkstands and tea-cups are never as full as when one upsets them.

The creature that wins against its environment destroys itself.

I was a student at Harvard, and that's where I learned about so-called avant-garde music. Jackson Pollock, abstract expressionism and painting were well known at this time.

The only way to achieve your desires and dreams is to ACT ON THEM. The greater you trust in yourself, your beliefs, and your thoughts, the more action you will take.

It is one of the chief skills of the philosopher not to occupy himself with questions which do not concern him.

Knowing that we can control our own behaviour makes it more likely that we will.