I think that things are going to change just because people get too damn bored with what they have.
My favorite poets may not be your bread and butter. I have more favorite poems than favorite poets.
There are times in life when, instead of complaining, you do something about your complaints.
If our children are unable to voice what they mean, no one will know how they feel. If they can’t imagine a different world, they are stumbling through a darkness made all the more sinister by its lack of reference points. For a young person growing up in America’s alienated neighborhoods, there can be no greater empowerment than to dare to speak from the heart — and then to discover that one is not alone in ones feelings.
Courage has nothing to do with our determination to be great. It has to do with what we decide in that moment when we are called upon to be more.
All of us have moments in our childhood where we come alive for the first time. And we go back to those moments and think, This is when I became myself.
A good poem is like a bouillon cube. It's concentrated and it nourishes you when you need it.
A woman who loves her husband is merely paying her bills. A woman who loves her lover gives alms to the poor.
I'm always in the elements, it seems like it's pouring rain on me a lot and there's crowds of people pushing me around, and it feels very real. Which is great as a actor, you don't have to come up with too much of it. I'm always amazed.
I don't think it's a question of whether you eat meat. It's a question of what kind of meat, and where it comes from.
You have to carry so many archetypes as an actor, especially as a blonde-haired, blue-eyed one.