"If I have to spend prolonged periods of time in a trailer, I go mad. Stuck in a metal box doing nothing, I lie there paralysed with boredom."

“I'd got very successful, everyone knew who I was, but I felt very empty.”

“You must place interest in principle above interest on principal.”

“I find actors who play nasty guys in movies are the nicest guys in real life, and the opposite then goes for heroes.”

Source : "Jonathan Rhys Meyers: 5 Things You Didn't Know About the Troubled Actor". www.hollywoodreporter.com. June 30, 2011.

“It's a very bad habit, but one I find hard to break.”

Source : "Relic". Book by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, 1995.

“People value religion on the basis of cost, and they don't value the cheapest ones the most. Religions that ask nothing get nothing.”

Source : "A Double Take on Early Christianity". Interview with Mike Aquilina, touchstonemag.com.

“I like the consistency of having people in my life for a long time.”

“Don't get sidetracked. If you do get sidetracked, get back on track as soon as possible. Ultimately sidetracking kills you.”

“Jazz is not background music. You must concentrate upon it in order to get the most of it. You must absorb most of it. The harmonies within the music can relax, soothe, relax, and uplift the mind when you concentrate upon and absorb it. Jazz music stimulates the minds and uplifts the souls of those who play it was well as of those who listen to immerse themselves in it. As the mind is stimulated and the soul uplifted, this is eventually reflected in the body.”