We have more guns in our country than citizens. I think we could with maybe 100 million fewer guns. And I think we'd be OK.

Most of all, I really wanted to become a filmmaker, and I've used every acting experience to just turn it into film school.

I do some of my stunts for the things I have learned. But if it is for something I have never learned, then I use a double.

Watching movies in the U.S. is great fun because they get every joke, they smile, they laugh so much; it's a great feeling.

Jesus Christ! I would crawl over the mountains of Beverly Hills on my hands and knees if I could do a movie with Doris Day!

I think the Indian model of respecting the uniqueness of each religion and, of every state is what makes the country great.

I've never felt completely satisfied with what I've done. I tend to see things too critically. I'm trying to get over that.

I knew when I was diagnosed with cancer the only thing I could control was what I ate, what I drank and what I would think.

I like the action business. I like the action movies. I guess Hollywood wants to see me do action. So I am down. I like it.

A sad figure (Bush) ' not too well educated, who doesn't get out of America much. He's leading the country towards Fascism.

I'm interested in existential films: I love movies that console you in the same way that a person consoles a weeping child.

I just feel like I am a really lucky guy who these talented directors have found places for me. I feel honored and blessed.

Generosity is a lovely attribute, and we only practice it when relationships are more important to us than our possessions.

I felt only a conservative president could bring peace in Vietnam 'cause he wouldn't be accused of being soft on communism.

I might have got somewhere with 'The Ladykillers,' but forty minutes were cut. A lot of me was cut with that forty minutes.

The best reason to go to the movies is to be with other people. Eating the popcorn, being with other people you don't know.

I think corporal punishment is the shortest, most impatient, flawed way of teaching or making a child understand something.

We don't really get to see gay characters who are completely open with their sexuality, but it doesn't define who they are.

Everybody is God. Everybody is the devil. And if you don't realize you have both parts, that's what really causes problems.

The umbrella that I live under is that you must be truthful with everyone except when to do so would injure them or others.

I like the way you can circumvent the media gatekeepers and go right to the people. That's my favorite thing about Twitter.

I really enjoy the fact that the very boring, normal person that I am isn't kind of interesting to anyone. It's fine by me.

I don't personally believe that villains exist. Villains are just a way of saying that somebody has an opposing conviction.

I'm open to all the elements, I'm definitely ready to take anything on. But I don't want to jump too far into the deep end.

We need to change America's image round the world. America has lost some lustre in terms of how folks aspire to be like us.

I've been into lots of auditions, and I'm sure I've lost a lot of jobs through that because I'm pretty dreadful at reading.

There's something so sweet about being on your yoga mat, whether that be at Jivamukti, Dharma Mittra, or in my living room.

Anything I do in life, the first person I share it with is my elder brother. He always tells me the way to take it forward.

I stopped painting in 1990 at the peak of my success just to deny people my beautiful paintings. And I did it out of spite.

I stopped painting in 1990 at the peak of my success just to deny people my beautiful paintings, and I did it out of spite.

Either we change our ways, especially the United States, or we will continue to lead the world in heart disease and cancer.

I wanted to do a war movie, a western and an alien movie. In reality, there are a lot of ugly things happening in the world.

Even offering three hundred bowls of food three times a day does not match the spiritual merit gained in one moment of love.

There are many things my father taught me here in this room. He taught me: keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.

Donate and do not talk about it, they say you do nothing for the society; do and talk about it, they say you seek publicity!

I think no actor should be ever satisfied because there is always something new to do, something fresh to get challenged by.

For me, I've never drawn a distinction between live-action acting and performance-capture acting. It is purely a technology.

I have a road bike and a mountain bike, and I tend to use them both a lot. They help you keep your balance and your stamina.

Allan Cubitt has written exceptional material, and I feel very privileged to be working with him and the very talented cast.

I have no illusions about my art. I am what the public made me and, consequently, I am not likely to forget my debt to them.

I don't really have dream roles. Every single time I've gotten a great job, it's far exceeded my expectations and my dreams.

Anytime destruction of another is needed in order to advance one's own aims or goals, then the goals need to be reevaluated.

Physical expression was my first language: Before I was an actor, I was a dancer, an acrobat, a mime and a street performer.

It's hard to play a continuing character like Loomis for nearly 11 years and simply wash your hands of him. It seems a pity.

I've always done indie films, but things started picking up more for, for a lack of a better word, more professional things.

Five parts of my brain contain alien power, whatever I do or say cannot be denied on the intergalactic highway of existence.

There is no question you get pumped up by the recognition. Then a self-loathing sets in when you realise you're enjoying it.

If I want to gain weight, I can gain weight. If I want to lose weight, I will lose weight. If I want to be fit, I'll be fit.

My first audition for 'The Magicians' came up in conversation with a close friend who, right then, handed me the first book.

Film sets are constantly amusing because you really are creating something that is so very surreal, and I kind of like that.

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