Acting is a reflex, a mechanism for development and survival. . . . It isn't 'second nature,' it is 'first nature.'.

You don't respect my religion. I don't respect your outfit..

If you see what is small as it sees itself, and accept what is weak for what strength it has, and use what is dim for the light it gives then all wil….

I make movies. I'm not in politics..

I'm certainly not going to put my life on hold for him..

Act right all the time, because someone's always watching..

Ónen i-estel edain, ú-chebin estel anim. (I gave Hope to the Dúnedain, I have kept none for myself.) (Gilraen's linnod).

L.A. I could live without..

Friendship neither finds nor makes equals..

Nothing is true and everything is permitted..

We intend to keep the peace - we will also keep our freedom..

I play a whole lot of instruments pretty badly, instead of playing one instrument really well..

Acting has always been my passion. It's always been my love, and I've always done it, since I was a kid..

Power wears out those who don't have it.

There's a lotta things about me you don't know anything about, Dottie. Things you wouldn't understand. Things you couldn't understand. Things you sho….

I watched a lot of movies. I was deeply influenced by movies..

I utilize myself a lot more fully now. You get older so you have a lot more experience..

Perhaps... you love too fiercely..

You get older and you see yourself and say, 'God, he's old, who's that?'.

I only invoked what you already knew..

My success wasn't based on how I could push down everybody that was around me. My success was based on how much I could push everybody up..