“That’s your job as the actor, to understand the human part of the character, to make it real.”

You measure yourself by the people who measure themselves by you.

The best way to confront, or deal with, technological innovation is to keep moving technologically.

Let me be the first to tell you, drinking alcohol is the worst thing to do in cold weather. Hot soup is the best because the process of digesting food helps to warm you up.

People hear that and say I’m being modest, but I am not a modest person, but I have to be truthful about what I’m doing and what I’m doing is channeling.

A single thread of hope, can still be a powerful thing.

Every man has his own heaven, for me, heaven has always been being in the movies. When I used to imagine this place there was always a bright light.

Fatigue, discomfort, discouragement are merely symptoms of effort.

I gravitate towards gravitas.

All you have to do is believe, then you will see everything.

When I was doing theater, I was very successful at believing that I was great, God’s gift to the theater.

If you live a life of make-believe, your life isn’t worth anything until you do something that does challenge your reality.

If your life turns out to be good and you have a tremendous amount of luck in your life, it’s a good thing to turn around and make it work for others.

How are we going to get rid of racism? Stop talking about it!

Fighting for equality is a celebration of independence. Fighting for black lives is a celebration of independence.

Every canvas offers a new perspective.

I love directing, I really do. The whole concept of being in control of a presentation, particularly a movie or a show where you’re dealing with actors and crew.

I could care less about being an action actor like Stallone or Schwarzenegger.

It’s my job as an actor to commit to the role and not – through my own inhibitions – run away.

I never understood actors who could just wait around.

It’s really, really, really difficult to have the same occupation as the person you’re with – especially when you’re both actors.

To be an actor you have to have a certain amount of madness in you. That’s why, when people meet you and you seem very together, they are quite surprised – they don’t see you behind closed doors.

Part of the reason of being an actor is you like playing other people’s lives and exploring all the psychologies in that and the emotions.

An actor works with their soul and their thought.

When you’re an actor, you’re a slave to other people’s visions.