If you're playing with the best, you just rise up to that level.

I don't get over the wonder of it, and 'The Last Samurai' was an extreme example of that. Every day when I went to the set, I couldn't believe what I was seeing.

I view the whole thing as a collaboration. As an actor, I always found that to be the most freeing thing, when the director would collaborate with you, so that together you'd come up with something exponentially better.

My parents kept us sheltered from this world of Hollywood. I don't have any great memories of bouncing on Cary Grant's knee or something like that.

The more decisions you make, the better, statistically, your odds of success are. And what I also learned was, it doesn't matter: anything can be fixed. When you're directing, you can agonize, but you can't indulge. Stuff has to happen.

I don't want to do an action movie, because I've acted in them, and they're so boring to do, because they're so technical. The headache of that is daunting. But, if it were an action movie with really interesting characters, how great would that be?

I want to keep doing different things. I'd like to do a more personal, dramatic movie next, I think. But as long as it's about characters and good writing and good parts for actors, that's what's important.

If you're playing with the best, you just rise up to that level.

I grew up in Hollywood. Saying my name here is like mentioning Ford in Detroit.

I feel audiences are not given enough credit for their intelligence.

I've been a political junkie for a long time. I find the way Washington works is just fascinating to me.

Life is a very emotional experience.

My two daughters live on Facebook, and social media is their mode of communication.

Nothing's wrong with honest emotion.

We want to live in the black and white, but we don't. The world is gray. And, I'm always fascinated by people who are clearly, 'This is black and this is white, and that's the way life is.' Life always has something to say about that.

Nothings wrong with honest emotion.

If you're playing with the best, you just rise up to that level

When people don't understand my work, I don't feel like explaining.

In the present imperialistic milieu there can be no wars of national self-defense.

To be honest, I never really wrapped my mind around winning.

Diplomacy is fundamentally working with people bringing people together to deal with difficult issues.

Whoso seeks an audit here propitious, pays his tribute, game or fish, wild fowl or venison, and his errand speeds.

The punishment of shaving a woman's head had biblical origins. In Europe, the practice dated back to the Dark Ages with the Visigoths.

Israeli Arabs have more political rights than any other Arabs in the Middle East, including their compatriots in the Palestinian Authority.

My father and I made genetics history. We were the first African-Americans and the first father and son anywhere to have their genomes sequenced.

We mustn't forget we chose the name 'WWW' before there was even one line of code written. We could do that because the Internet as an infrastructure was already there.

The culture at Valve is pretty much crowdsourced. The handbook is a wiki. One of the first things we say to new hires is, 'You have to change something in the handbook.'

The life purpose for each of us is to overcome negativity by choosing love.

Blues is a tonic for whatever ails you. I could play the blues and then not be blue anymore.

We need to get some rationality on the Second Amendment. This is crazy what we allow ourselves.

'24 Hour Party People' was a comedy, and I knew that from the beginning.

There are so many talented young actors in the industry. I'm just happy to have a job!

Our goal is to make Maine the healthiest state in the nation and reduce our overall health care costs.

I am the oldest young designer in New York City.

The Republican Party does not reach out.

Capture the moment. It is your only sacred memory.

Whatever we do, whatever our backgrounds, we've all had some kind of advantage somewhere along the way. Some break that might have gone to someone else. Some edge or inside track we couldn't have counted on.

I'm just looking for the best story being told by the best people and the best part that I can find. If those things add up, I want to be a part of it whether it's a studio film or, more likely in that instance, an independent film.

I've been so impressed by the material that's been sent to me, but I don't think that's because it's me.

One thing I really love in my single, 'Just Can't Let You Go,' is the beatboxing; I think it's really cool. Also, in my music, I'm not afraid to say what I want to say. I also think it's relatable for other girls out there.

To those whose God is honor; only disgrace is a sin.