"The universe speaks in the silent dialect of universal natural laws. Reflect upon this whenever doubt clouds your horizon — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"When ambition meets humility, we find that every ending is merely a new beginning in disguise."

"The greatest journey starts when gratitude turns what we have into enough."

"God cannot alter the past, though historians can."

"I have done many movies that people hadn't seen. 'The Fountain,' I spent a year on that. 'The Prestige' with Chris Nolan, and 'Australia.' From my perspective it's very satisfying. Some movies people see and other movies they don't. 'Wolverine,' 'X Men,' I know that in some level people know me just for that and it's fine for me."

"Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects because men are equally free, they claim to be absolutely equal."

"If we are now holding late-night talk-show hosts to the same moral accountability as we hold politicians or clergymen, I'm out. I'm gone."

"Acting is a nice childish profession - pretending you're someone else and, at the same time, selling yourself."