“Because it’s up to the journalist not only to understand what I’m trying to convey, but to convey that understanding through their process.”

The amazing thing is that I found something so early that I can support myself doing.

It’s interesting, winning an Academy Award as a young man… life-changing, but I’m just me within that.

How the governing body of a town, or a nation, controls us through fear.

Observe and kind of retain it, and study it without feeling like I’m studying it.

I think you have to be fair with one another. It’s unfortunate when someone does something that’s not authentic, or not there for any reason other than to draw attention.

There are the obstacles of your position as an actor.

It made me have a much greater understanding of loss, of loneliness.

My parents have raised me with a sense of what’s really important and have given me decent values, and I’m comfortable, but I haven’t lived an excessive lifestyle in the least. And I’ve kept my expenses to a minimum so that I have the freedom to wait.

So far, it’s an interesting ride, and I’m curious to see what I can find next.

Obviously I’m not there to pick up anybody, but I’m not afraid to hang out in a predominantly gay establishment.

War is chaotic and when you start having a larger scale film and you have a lot of safety protocols and choreography,

Not being a commodity enough to be hired by the big directors for projects that have some kind of integrity.

Being just yourself means you’re unselfconscious in that moment.

Because the successful actors who’ve been in the game for a while want those roles.

I always had an actor within me.

And that can even be extremely lucrative, but I love it either way.

You’d think that you’d be able to convey more through dialogue.

He knows what he speaks of, what he brings with him and what he promises; and he can convey it to those who know it not.

When a person tells others “Be good,” he conveys to his hearers the feeling that he is good and they are not.

I never reflect or convey that which I have not experienced myself.

I want to convey that I’m crazy about the Kardashians – but I’m not sure which is which.

If a film has a social message, it is very important for me to know what the message is and how it’s going to be delivered, but it’s not something I look for all the time.

Stories happen to those who tell them.

The effect of sincerity is to give one’s work the character of a protest. The painter, being concerned only with conveying his impression, simply seeks to be himself and no one else.