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" The biggest problem for me was feeling that as I became more balanced and a better man that I wouldn't have the fire to create from. "

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" I'm one of those people that feels that Americans that shouldn't do Shakespeare... The rhythms of the English language and the mannerisms of the English speech seems to work effortlessly with William Shakespeare, but when Americans do it, something seems stuck. "

" I like both Blu-ray and DVD, but Blu-ray gives you more options. "

" One day, one of my dreams is to someday get to do Nemo in '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.' "

" How do you say one actor is better than another actor? You can definitely say that in the Olympics if it's the same race and someone wins the race. The only way to really do it and have it be sincere would be if you get all the actors together, and they're all playing the same part, and then you rate which one made you feel the most. "

" I don't want a perfect character, I want a character who has, as strange as it sounds, some humanity, some flaws, some needs. "

" Acting is like any other art form, in that you have the option to go very big or go very small. "

" I think what makes people fascinating is conflict, it's drama, it's the human condition. Nobody wants to watch perfection. "

" I never studied dance, but if you look at 'Wild At Heart,' my mother saw that movie and said, 'You are a dancer. Look at how you're moving: all that strange energy is like modern dance.' "

" We do see Gong Li, Zhang Ziyi and Chow Yun Fat, but it's very rare to see the Chinese male actor in Hollywood movies, which is something I take great umbrage with. You know, my son is Asian. He may want to direct one day; he may want to be an actor like his father - and I want that to be open to him. "

" And what I like about it is it makes me happy and I think it makes a lot of people happy to go to the movies and to not think about the problems of the day or the problems of tomorrow or the yesterday and just go on for the ride and have the fun of losing oneself in a fantasy. "

" I'm not a trained actor. I'm someone who is autodidactic and learned on my own. "

" I've gotten pretty good at leaving characters on the set. I go home and try to relax and regroup and be ready for the next day. "

" Passion is very important to me. If you stop enjoying things, you've got to look at it, because it can lead to all kinds of depressing scenarios. "

" Mike Myers as Austin Powers makes me laugh - that was genius - and Daffy Duck makes me laugh, but I like odd behavior. I don't like hip dialogue and one-liners and all that sort of cool, sophomoric comedy. It's just not for me. "

" I've acted professionally since I was 16. "

" You can't make your choices based on what critics think. You have to make your choices based on what's honest for you. "

" I would love to work with Tim Burton. I think we would be very good together. "

" Disney has a great tradition of enchanting children and giving them something to behold. "

" Having been a father for 19 years I realise fatherhood has changed me. "

" I'm very impressed with 'Drive.' "

" Sometimes people think I'm wearing a wig when I'm not wearing a wig, and then sometimes they think I'm not wearing a wig when I am wearing a wig. "

" I don't want to just do independent movies and I don't want to just do adventure films. I enjoy both, and I think both are cogent. "

" When I act, I hear it like music. In my head, I hear the dialogue like music. "

" Snakes are sometimes perceived as evil, but they are also perceived as medicine. If you look at an ambulance, there's the two snakes on the side of the ambulance. The caduceus, or the staff of Hermes, there's the two snakes going up it, which means that the venom can also be healing. "

" One of my goals is to have a base near mainland China. I think Hong Kong would be a good match for me. I like being in Hong Kong. "

" For me, acting was a way of taking destructive energy and doing something productive with it, and in that way it was quite a life saver. "

" When I play supernatural characters in 'Ghost Rider' or 'City Of Angels,' the possibilities are limitless. The possibilities are endless, you can do so much with that. "

" God bless my father, but he always spoke in this continental, literary accent, probably because he was a professor of comparative literature and he made the decision to speak with distinction. "

" Hollywood didn't know if I was an actor or a nut or if I was this crazy character I was playing. I had developed an image of being a little bit unusual, different and wild. "