"The public service is not a serial child-snatcher"

“What I had found after the success of Karate Kid II is that an actor basically needs to - a primary requirement on my part as how I view as actor is you have to create a background, you have to create a history of that character and place her into the script that you're reading and carry on forward because you don't know how the future unfolds. This is what storytelling is you place a certain set of circumstances with a certain set of characters and you see what unfolds after an event happens.”

“I would also say Barack Obama has spent much, much, much, much more money than the Republicans.”

“My immune system has always been overly welcoming of germs. It's far too polite, the biological equivalent of a southern hostess inviting y'all nice microbes to stay awhile and have some artichoke dip.”

Source : A. J. Jacobs (2012). “Drop Dead Healthy: One Man's Humble Quest for Bodily Perfection”, p.72, Simon and Schuster

“I always loved aesthetics. Not particularly fashion, but an idea of beauty.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

“If you would be thrilled by watching the galloping advance of a major glacier, you'd be ecstatic watching changes in publishing.”

“If you took every pop song to heart, you'd be a bleeding romantic with a crushed heart every five minutes.”

Source : Source: chicagoist.com

“What I want to talk to you about today is the difference between gifts and choices. Cleverness is a gift, kindness is a choice. Gifts are easy-they're given after all. Choices can be hard. You can seduce yourself with your gifts if you're not careful, and if you do, it'll probably be to the detriment of your choices.”

“Most people, once they graduate from the School of Hard Knocks, automatically enroll in the University of Adversity.”