"If you want to meet girls, by far the best method is to carry a baby or a puppy."

“In my twenties, my dad was paying half my rent and my ex boyfriend was paying the other half. I wasn't in a good place!”

Source : Source: www.cosmopolitan.com

“Does my being half-naked bother you?”

“Animals interest me more than anything else.”

Source : "Five Questions For Douglas Brinkley". Interview with Jeff Glor, www.cbsnews.com. August 3, 2009.

“I try to get roles that challenge me in what I can do and who I think I can portray. For me, it's about creating characters with really fascinating stories, because that's what I like to watch on TV.”

“If someone puts his trust in God in a matter, let him not argue with his brother about it.”

“I am kind of prudish and I have very strict standards about how I present myself. But one of the things that I've always stood by is that women are beautiful and sexy. We shouldn't be afraid of that. [But] we need to make sure that we present that beauty and that sexiness in a way that says we are in control of our bodies. We're strong, we're classy, we're beautiful, powerful beings to be reckoned with, not victims.”

“A Hundred Years From Now Well a hundred years from now I won't be crying A hundred years from now I won't be blue And my heart would have forgotton she broke ever vow I won't care a hundred years from now Oh, it seem like yesterday you told me You couldn't live without my love somehow Now that you're with another it breaks my heart somehow I won't care a hundred years from now * Refrain Now do you recall the night sweetheart you promised Another's kiss you never would allow That's all in the past dear it didn't seem to last I won't care a hundred years from now * Refrain”

“Psychologically I should say that a person becomes an adult at the point when he produces more than he consumes or earns more than he spends. This may be at the age of eighteen, twenty-five, or thirty-five. Some people remain unproductive and dependent children forever and therefore intellectually and emotionally immature.”