"Of all the tyrannies on human kind the worst is that which persecutes the mind."

“I want my music to be something that people use in order to access parts of themselves. So in that sense, every piece I write is about all emotions at once, about the lines in between. It's never only about one thing or another. It's emotionally getting at those things that we can't really describe - things for which we don't have labels. So yes, it's about something, and it has a use. It's neither about nothing nor about something concrete - it's about what you bring to it as a listener.”

“People have too many problems during the day; they don't want to think.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

“Every man has a different idea of what's beautiful, and it's best to take the gesture, the shadow of the branch, and let the mind create the tree.”

“Acting is like an addiction - once you start, you can't stop.”

“Government by the people for the people becomes meaningless unless it includes major economic decision-making by the people for the people. This is not simply an economic matter. In essence it is an ethical and moral question, for whoever takes the important economic decisions in society ipso facto determines the social priorities of that society.”

Source : "Still irresistible, a working-class hero's finest speech". www.independent.co.uk. August 12, 2010.

“And in Freddy vs. Jason I like when Jason and I double team Destiny's Child.”

“The challenge is creating a character that's rich and interesting to warrant following for a number of years.”

Source : Source: www.hitfix.com

“I can fully understand [that] artists want to be able to pay their bills. As a fan of art, and art as a way to shift dialogue and address cultural issues, there's a part of me that's really, really saddened by that and can't really relate to it.”