To be a character actor is to be open, to be a chameleon..

Many times - especially when I'm playing an historical character - I want to be really on target with how I create that character and really nuanced ….

What helps me is yogic breathing, dropping my spiritual level where I am really, really clear that I am playing a character..

People who have not done their research on me do not know that I am European, born in Copenhagen, Denmark to an Italian father from Napoli and a moth….

I never like to refer back to anything I've done when I'm working on a character, even if that character has the same occupation..

I have this vision that I'm really watching each one of my daughters start to become women, and mothers. And this is what's gonna save our planet..

I often think about, 'How do we return to a simpler way of living? Is there some way that we can start to think of each other as human beings again, ….

If I can look at each character that I am given and create them in a different way from the last role, I'm happy..

Who told you to step on my sneakers? Who told you to walk on my side of the block? Who told you to be in my neighborhood?.

When you have great acting partners, you hope that your reaction to them is propels you deeper into your own character..

Middle-class people are becoming desperate. It can cause a moral man to break bad..

I don't think anyone is black and white and I think we change our minds and our attitudes about certain things as we grow to our maturity..

You can never lead unless you follow..

We all do things at certain points that are contradictory. Some things, it's a smaller contradiction, and other things it's larger..

My advice for achieving success is to make a career choice that reflects your passion. Then work your craft a little bit each day - even if someone's….

We live in a world of creative beauty - the grand architect of the universe. God has planted something for us - a playground to play in if we choose ….

Yoga has allowed me to bring my complete spirit together, which allows me to do less, which is more..

I'm impatient sometimes..

I just want to serve up the goodness and grace that's been given to me because I made a choice that lined up with my passion. And that's what I tell ….

The beauty of the unexpected and unknown, and it's certainly very tantalizing for me as an actor. Other actors can't deal with that; they want to kno….

I'm not too into fast food, but you know if I was, it would be chicken..