"I crave the freedom of knowing that if I want to do something, I can do it. It's important that I live in such a way that I can maintain a direct response to ideas."

“Ever since the Tim Burton Batman of 1989, it has been de rigueur in movies to focus on the freaky alienation aspect of the superhero's life: This is how talented people make movies for 14-year-olds while retaining their self-respect.”

“Dermatology ... this young daughter of medicine ...”

“When you are in the mundane from what is deeper than your self, you realize the mundane to be more than your self, and your self opens. It opens in its structuring and in its form, enabling you as the form of your self to move in the deeper levels of the mundane”

“Once we admit that the public sector takes an immense amount of risk along the entire innovation chain, it becomes crucial to find ways to share both risks and rewards.”

“Make peace with the universe. Take joy in it.”

“And I think that even today, New York still has more of this unexpected quality around every corner than any place else. It's something quite extraordinary”

“While public opinion might sway back and forth, right and wrong do not.”

“If you can look at your failure and answer yes to the questions, "Did I give it my absolute best effort?" and "Have I learned something valuable?" then you have failed in the right way. By these standards, I've failed many times in my career. But every failure has made me stronger and wiser. Inevitably, success has always followed.”

Source : "Actor Ian Anthony Dale: on being stereotyped, his deep-fried childhood, and letting failure make you stronger". Interview with Robert Piper, fyeahiananthonydale.tumblr.com. 2016.