I am definitely a perfectionist, and I do like things a certain way. But as I have got older, I would say that I am a little bit less of a control freak.

I was a curious child. I'd debate with anyone who came to the door - people from the Islamic community... Jehovah's Witnesses... anyone.

I never look at how many songs I have or how many girls are there in a movie. If I like my character, I play it.

Comedy or villain, the role does not matter as long as it is challenging.

You must welcome change as the rule but not as your ruler.

Raising myself and caring for my brothers and sisters allowed me the benefit of a lot of information that I wouldn't have otherwise gotten. I had to be frugal, thoughtful, resourceful. I didn't have...

I didn't start drama school until I was 20, and I don't think I would have gotten nearly as much out of it had I gone when I was 18. I didn't show up there to please anyone. After I was accepted, I...

My future's about trying to be a better man.

Mom and Dad sent us to a bilingual school, so we had half the lessons in English and half in French. But I remember being hugely lost.

My dad died of a heart attack when I was 15. I was bullied mercilessly in middle school. I went through a divorce - those not - so - great things are all a part of me, and they give me a place to go...

When I started writing, I did have some idealised notion of my dad as a writer. But I have less and less of a literary rivalry with him as I've gone on. I certainly don't feel I need his approval,...

Let me alone, and go in search of someone else.

I've been in Hamburg for about ten years and I just feel at home.

Theatre was my first love. I can't take the theatre out of me. And I wouldn't want to. To me, it's home.

Having a sweet, wide-eyed, awkward character is more charming and allows for more range. If you come from anger, you're going to reach a ceiling very quickly.

I was being very bad because I didn't know how to express myself. Music gave me an outlet to express myself and channel that anger.

If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded.

I've come to learn that what really matters is the relationship, the quality of the relationship.

I always believed in God and Christ, but I was in rebellion - trying to make my relationship with God fit into my life instead of making my life fit in with him. I was stubborn.

I have to have a daily, vibrant relationship with Jesus in order to survive that process toward healing.

To drive a car in rural America is freedom. Before I had a car, I'd never seen a rock and roll show, I'd never seen a comic or a show.

Even youngish men can acquire wisdom as time goes by.

'Focusing' is no conventional repackaging of self - help wisdom. It is at once a manual and a philosophy. It talks about the body's wisdom, the steps of the focusing technique, how to discover the...

I knew that I had it tough compared to children around me. But I felt like I needed it. I think I had the wisdom as a child to know that it would help me later on.

When you get older, you learn certain life lessons. You apply that wisdom, and suddenly you say, 'Hey, I've got a new lease on this thing. So let's go.'

I'm enjoying life at my fullest. Sometimes you realize that money isn't everything.

You aren't wealthy until you have something money can't buy.

I came from a broken home, so my mom was a major influence in my life.

My mom, Nellie, got me a rosary at church. I don't use it to pray before a competition. I'll just pray normally to myself, but I have it there in case.

The rare few, who, early in life have rid themselves of the friendship of the many.