If I put the top down, I start to burn in about five minutes.

If I put the top down, I start to burn in about five minutes.

First off, from reading the script and knowing that I was going to be apart of it, I'm a huge 'Wizard of Oz' fan so to be involved in something that was connected to the original books was really exciting for me and it was very different than anything I had ever worked on before.

For whatever reason I tend to get roles that are more damaged.

I am also really into religious artifacts.

I don't want to be more famous than what I have right now. At least in that sense where people come up to me in the grocery store.

I think everyone can relate to the idea of making a bad choice - and knowing it's a bad choice - but doing it anyway.

I'm really into antiques. But really into it because of my father, who got me into them in the first place. He's an interior designer and he's really into going to antique shows and getting up really early on Sundays and driving out to these weird little towns north of Hamilton.

The director is a Canadian, Jeff Stephenson, and any time I get a script that has any Canadian component, I'm always immediately much more interested.

There are a lot of stars I've worked with - big stars - who, when they walk on set, the energy just changes.

Usually I'm very, very involved with choosing my character's wardrobe and knowing exactly how I want the character to look and this is the color palette and the textures and these are the kinds of shoes she'd wear.

You have twenty-one days to shoot a whole movie and sometimes you go into that thinking 'ugh, this could potentially be really, really difficult' and it turns out to be the most incredible experience.

You never know what you're getting into like some of the best experiences I've ever had have been movies that literally had a million dollar budget and everybody's eating Cheetos all day and running around without permits and trying not to get caught.

I do regard spinning and weaving as a necessary part of any national system of education.

I read 'the Hobbit' at the age when you're supposed to read it. I didn't read 'The Lord Of The Rings.' My father, who was an English teacher, advised me that once I had read 'the Hobbit,' that would be enough. I could then move on to Dostoyevsky.

I've often said, 'If I had one drive to win a game to this day, and I had a quarterback to pick, I would pick Kenny.' Snake was a lot cooler than I was. He was a perfect quarterback and a perfect Raider. When you think about the Raiders, you think about Ken Stabler.

Lawyers and other professionals are using Quora to build their reputation and build their bonafides.

I loved Ingrid Bergman. I sat and saw her on the stage in a theater in the round.

The difficulties of not knowing are always much greater than the effort of learning.

In general, I usually don't really go by or live my life by a clock, and outside of touring, I don't really ask anyone else to. It's not out of lack of respect for anyone or intentional.

Men will confess to treason, murder, arson, false teeth, or a wig. How many of them will own up to a lack of humor?

Rihanna has guts and she always seems to be singing from someplace honest, dark and fierce.

A lot of DJs don't realize they're here today and gone tomorrow. They're literally taking jets to every show. It's crazy how much money they're spending.

If I'm not on tour or in the studio, I'm in nature somewhere, usually some kind of ocean. Playing music has afforded me that. It's not lost on me that it's a tremendous opportunity to be able to spend your life being surrounded by nature.

We are buried beneath the weight of information, which is being confused with knowledge; quantity is being confused with abundance and wealth with happiness.

I guess this year I'm going to find out if I'm good enough or not. If I'm not, I don't care. I'll do something else, it's not a biggie.

I've learned to think, I may succeed or fail, but I'm going to do so on the merit of my own instincts.

You have a cough Go home tonight eat a whole box of Ex Lax tomorrow youll be afraid to cough.

I am what is mine. Personality is the original personal property.

A microscopic phantom of the universe; this is all that we are able to be.

Literacy is not a luxury, it is a right and a responsibility.

I love traveling. It not only opens my mind up, but it also allows me to use my fame in another way through humanitarian works and stuff, and being an influence around the world.

Many artists stick to making and hire a manager to focus on their business. Artists that build websites and mobile apps can do that, too.

Is sex dirty? Only if it's done right.

Dignity and respect has to do with ... your personal power to make a difference by being true to the best within you and letting that truth shine through your words and actions.

Fiction should be about moral dilemmas that are so bloody difficult that the author doesn't know the answer.

In India, one has to plan according to the monsoons.