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Quotes by Actor

"We're very open and outspoken about our faith and our beliefs. We also talk about our doubts, our moments of insecurities. We talk about it all day, how we're inspired by God. We recognize little miracles every day, and that's how we're raising our daughter."

"Ultimately it's a leap of faith and a leap of imagination to put yourself back in time into those conditions and situations and see how you would react."

"The accent got lost somewhere along the way. I'm a little embarrassed about it. When I arrived in LA I assumed I'd be able to put on the American accent. It proved difficult so I had six months working with a dialect coach and it's become a habit."

"Every part I play is just a variant of my own personality. No real character actor, of course, just me."

"We were only there for five days and during that time Tom was a bit annoyed that the French were more interested in me and my schoolgirl outfit than him and his long scarf."
Time,

"If you're playing the character, you could say to yourself in 16 different ways, What if that didn't bother me? What if I knew exactly what he was talking about? What if I didn't get excited?"

"In silence and movement you can show the reflection of people."

"First and foremost, it was fun. Everybody involved with it made you feel like they were an important contributor to the process. We were made to feel valued."

"Back in the 60s, San Francisco artists lived in communes."

"In Utah, there are no bad things in the water there. It's just smooth, really beautiful."

"Acting has given me a way to channel my angst. I feel like an overweight, pimply faced kid a lot of the time - and finding a way to access that insecurity, and put it toward something creative is incredibly rewarding. I feel very lucky."

"Reading was a big thing, yes. Books were a big thing. But the things that stick out were the newspapers."

"A lot of my friends were fooling around with drugs then."

"They're getting me involved in intrigue again, and I think it follows a classic formula in a soap opera."

"If you don't mind haunting the margins, I think there is more freedom there."

"I can't find my car keys in the morning. Trying to get out of my house is a nightmare. "Where's my wallet? Where are my keys? I have to go find a missing person.""

"When I was 14 years old, I decided I could cook. It was either that or puberty."

"People need to start to think about the messages that they send in the movies."

"The pollution they produce, market, sell, and show to billions around the world is at its core contemptuous of the country that gave them better lives than nearly 100 percent of everybody who's ever lived. And they pass that contempt along for everyone to see."

"I enjoy being recognized whatever environment I'm in."

"Some actors need to be rattled and some need to be focused."

"Well, I've learned something from Michael Robison just about maximizing your shots. For example, if I'm shooting a scene and someone's driving at the wheel, you could steal an insert in the same shot."

"And getting stunt coordinator Dan Bradley and everybody from the whole 'Bourne Supremacy' crew, I think was real cool for our film because we do a bunch of really big jumps in this movie."
Film,

"People in Medicaid ought to have access to the same insurance as the rest of the population. If they are segregated, it will be a poor plan for poor people."
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