I learned from my Adventist upbringing that the biggest sins were sexual.

I believed that English-speaking people had a divine mission to civilize the world by making it western, democratic and Christian.

My habit of glorifying things far away in space and time, also contributed to my social isolation.

I learned from my Adventist upbringing that the biggest sins were sexual.

I now attend non-orthodox synagogues, and study little during the secular week.

I decided to take God and organized religion seriously, and to reject the secular life which in my teens had looked attractive because it allowed me to act in any way that I wanted.

I did not want to reject religion as nonsense because life seemed to have no ultimate purpose without it, and most of the good people I knew were Christians.

Judaism is much more communal, and partly as a consequence of my religious switch, I am increasingly more suspicous of my previous view that what people do in the privacy of their own home is their business alone.

In my right-wing politics of the time, I held that unemployment was usually the fault of the unemployed.

At the time I perceived most religious men, particularly the pastors with all their talk about love, faith and relationship, as effeminate.

I teethed on books of heroes such as Winston Churchill, Abraham Lincoln and King David.

Acting in anger and hatred throughout my life, I frequently precipitated what I feared most, the loss of friendships and the need to rely upon the very people I'd abused.

I've often thought that my lack of intimacy with those around me is the fault of those around me.

I loved history, particularly of the British, American and Old Testament kind.

At times during high school and college I wished to be a sportswriter.

I knew in my gut that there was something wrong with a system that couldn't fire its incompetents, and I had my share of incompetent college teachers.

Looking back, I wince at the careless way I tossed out my opinions.

I have decided to follow in my sinful ways, and have largely abandoned the increasingly religious life I was leading over the previous months, including several hours of Talmudic study a day.

Everything we do affects other people.

The Seventh Day Adventist Church believes that it was specially chosen by God to prepare the world for the Second Coming of His Son Jesus.

I'm not jumping into anything fast. I'm an actor that likes to choose my work and there's an element of good taste to my work.

I'm one of the guys who wants to watch the film completely done, with special effects, sound and music, because I tend to get disappointed if I watch it not fully done.

I've had horror movies thrown at me and I just don't want to do any because violence isn't really good for society.

If 'Black Balloon' had come out before 'The Mummy,' casting agents wouldn't have been able to see me for the first time in 'The Mummy.' But now that 'The Mummy' has come out before 'The Black Balloon,' that's a very good combination.

One in 150 kids is autistic these days. The autism spectrum is growing.

The thing about me is I have a great little acting school. I teach about 125 students.

With 'The Mummy' it was a fantasy action adventure. You get taken away for a few hours and come out and feel revamped and ready to go into the world and enjoy your next day at work.

As a comic and as a nurse, it's important to look calm on the surface when you're absolutely crapping yourself inside. So, if someone is waving a machete at you, which has happened to me when I was a nurse, it's important to make that person feel that you're in control.

When you consider the concept of vampirism, it is inherently part of a Western culture.

We learned about gratitude and humility - that so many people had a hand in our success, from the teachers who inspired us to the janitors who kept our school clean... and we were taught to value everyone's contribution and treat everyone with respect.

The Egyptian society needs to include its women if it wants to have economic prosperity.

It is to TV that I owe my freedom from bondage of the Latin lover roles. Television came along and gave me parts to chew on. It gave me wings as an actor.

I believe 'Lean In' has the power to change not only our outlook but also the world and that it will become a touchstone publication for a generation of women.

There are also just as many, if not more, women who are anxious to hold down the status quo.

Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only those who do the will of my Father who is in heaven.

I read an interview with Mark Wahlberg, and he was like, 'I might read a script and love it, but it's all about the filmmaker.' I think that's a good lesson for me.

I do pool exercises, like weightlifting but underwater. I walk, I swim... I'm pretty fit for an old bloke.

When one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language.

Half the truth is often a whole lie.

Don't compete with your friends to win a date with few beautiful girls, but compete to win few beautiful goals.

I don't see democracy getting better. I see democracy diminishing. More rules, more legislation. Eventually governments will see everything.

Free will always result in collateral damage.

Other men it is said have seen angels but I have seen thee and thou art enough.

It's a very sweet and often problematic situation where people feel like they know me and they're concerned for me. It creates these strange little intimate moments.

He who has a why to live can bear almost any how

The independence of the United States is not only more precious to ourselves but to the world than any single possession.

Harvard Medical School, the University of South Florida and the American Psychiatric Association have all conducted studies showing that the earlier one begins gambling, the more likely it is he or she will become an addicted, problem gambler.

There is only one thing more harmful to society than an elected official forgetting the promises he made in order to get elected; that's when he doesn't forget them.

When a person attempts to control someone elses life it only reflects the lack of control they have on their own.