But my happiness in this world - my level of peace - is never going to be dictated by acting.

I love acting. It's my playground it let's me explore. But my happiness in this world - my level of peace - is never going to be dictated by acting.

A large part of acting is just pretending. You get to work with these other great make-believers all making believe as hard as they can.

To me acting is the most logical way for people's neuroses to manifest themselves in this great need we all have to express ourselves.

I fell in love with theater there and after graduation I moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting.

My personal advice is to go to school first and get a liberal arts education and then if you want to pursue acting go to graduate school.

I was about to get a degree in economics when I accepted that I'd be a lousy businessman and if I didn't give acting a try I'd regret it for the rest of my life.

All of us should have free choice when it comes to patriotic displays... a government wisely acting within its bounds will earn loyalty and respect from its citizens. A government dare not demand the same.

Under the administration of George W. Bush you will recall federal spending grew pretty significantly. At the same time the number of people directly employed by the federal government shrank. One of the factors that explained the difference was contracting.

A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay it down and commence living on its hint. What I began by reading I must finish by acting.