reality can be magnificent even when life is not.

One of the things I like about my profession, and that I find healthy, is that one constantly has to break oneself to pieces.

It's better to wake up alone knowing that you're alone, than waking up with someone and still be lonely

Sometimes I get a little tired of it. But you know, what a privilege, to get tired of working with Ingmar Bergman.

Life experiences become acting experiences, which in turn become life experiences.

Oh, those wonder-filled evenings when acting enables me for a short moment to have more life.

The best thing that can come with success is the knowledge that it is nothing to long for.

Nothing ever comes to an end. Wherever one has sunk roots that emanate from one's best or truest self, one will always find a home.

The fear inside of loneliness: That only what others have is real.

Choice is the essence of what I believe it is to be human.

I believe we come to earth with sealed orders. I believe that only those who lack passion look down on purpose.

Self-esteem comes from being able to define the world in your own terms and refusing to abide by the judgments of others.

If you want your children to turn out well, spend twice as much time with them, and half as much money.

Actors need to trust themselves. If you trust yourself, you can trust others and leave the director outside.

The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover.

To know the Word of God, to live the Word of God, to preach the Word, to teach the Word, is the sum of all wisdom, the heart of all Christian service.

The natures and dispositions of men are, not without truth, distinguished from the predominance of the planets.

I don't know anyone who ever got deferred pay. I'm the first of my friends to ever actually get a deferred paycheck.

In an odd way, my parents were proud of me. When they saw me do stand-up, I'd see them looking around the room and watch them taking in the people laughing. On some level, that comforted them.

I've been an animal rights activist and a vegan for 28 years. The entire time, I've asked myself: How do I best advance an animal rights agenda?

Shakespeare wrote, Einstein thought, Ataturk built.