It’s much more fun to play something you’re nothing like than what you are… It’s much easier to hide yourself in a character.

The power of our thoughts may never be measured or appreciated, but it became obvious to me as a young boy that there was value and power in being aware of my thoughts and how I expressed myself.

The real ornament of woman is her character, her purity.

At some point in time, you definitely have to go drama. Not to say that you’re going drama just because everybody else does it. You do it to challenge yourself. You do it because, naturally, in the profession of acting, you want to show growth. You want to say that you take the craft seriously.

Sometimes too much to drink is barely enough.

The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character.

No one tells me what to do with my music. Real. My mom doesn’t tell what to say, how is someone else going to?

I’m not one icon. I’m every icon. I’m an icon that is made out of all the colors on the palette at every time. I have no restrictions. No restrictions.

I really wanted to be a model when I was little. I loved photography, and I loved being on camera. But I was short and chubby, so I couldn’t. Anyway, being an artist is way more interesting than just being a model because it’s about you and what you want to be. You’re not being treated like a clothes hanger.

The measure of a man is what he does with power.

I never lose sight of the fact that just being is fun.

My belief is that we were put into this world of wonders and beauty with a special ability to appreciate them, in some cases to have the fun of taking a hand in developing them, and also in being able to help other people instead of overreaching them and, through it all, to enjoy life – that is, to be happy.

A sex symbol becomes a thing. I just hate to be a thing.

I’d just as soon play tennis with the net down.

This is the mark of a really admirable man: steadfastness in the face of trouble.

A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.

I’m not afraid to write my feelings in songs.

My thing is this; if I’m sick enough to think it, then I’m sick enough to say it.

Where lipstick is concerned, the important thing is not color, but to accept God’s final word on where your lips end.

Talk low, talk slow and don’t say too much.

Almost everybody will listen to you when you tell your own story.

Who I am on stage is very, very different to who I am in real life.

Acting is happy agony.

I’ve always done whatever I want and always been exactly who I am.

I couldn’t talk to people face to face, so I got on stage and started screaming and squealing and twitching.

My life is my argument.

For my own part, I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen the representative of our country. He is a bird of bad moral character. He does not get his living honestly.

These poems, with all their crudities, doubts, and confusions, are written for the love of Man and in praise of God, and I’d be a damn‘ fool if they weren’t.

The greatest legacy one can pass on to one’s children and grandchildren is not money or other material things accumulated in one’s life, but rather a legacy of character and faith.

Everybody’s journey is individual. If you fall in love with a boy, you fall in love with a boy. The fact that many Americans consider it a disease says more about them than it does about homosexuality.

An actress is not a machine, but they treat you like a machine. A money machine.

I had no idea of the character. But the moment I was dressed, the clothes and the make-up made me feel the person he was. I began to know him, and by the time I walked onto the stage he was fully born.

Well, we know that people in Australia love the idea of both Impulse and Virgin Blue getting up and adding a bit of competition, and it’s fun to be able to deliver it.

Every man’s reputation proceeds from those of his own household.

I feel the emotion that life conjures up and the songs I write get me closer to my feelings and realising who I am. It’s a natural process.

People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.

Persuasion is achieved by the speaker’s personal character when the speech is so spoken as to make us think him credible. We believe good men more fully and more readily than others: this is true generally whatever the question is, and absolutely true where exact certainty is impossible and opinions are divided.

Honor means that a man is not exceptional; fame, that he is. Fame is something which must be won; honor, only something which must not be lost.

This thing that I do with caring about the message in my music, it’s not separate from my work as a commercial artist; they’re totally one and the same. I’m always going to be thinking about what my voice means.

My act is an exaggeration of a part of me. I’m much more expressive off stage.

When you combine boring with fear, you have fun.

I don’t do drugs. I am drugs.

I prefer directing to acting. There is huge freedom that comes from being behind the camera. It brings a lot of responsibilities as well but is intensely rewarding.

I thought one should have the attitude of ‚What do you care what other people think!‘

There never was a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous.

People who don’t know the true character of God – who don’t believe He is merciful, gracious and slow to anger – can never have a close, personal, intimate relationship with Him.

The superior man does not, even for the space of a single meal, act contrary to virtue. In moments of haste, he cleaves to it. In seasons of danger, he cleaves to it.

I’ve never written a song in my life. It’s all a big hoax.

That summer after the draft was probably the most fun I’ve ever had, because all I had to do every day was wake up and go work out for four or five hours. I got to play some golf, which I love to do, too, and then got to hang out with my family.

I would love to sign on to do a movie if it was the right role and if it was the right script, because I would be taking time away from music to tell a big grand story, and spend all of my time and pouring all of my emotions into being someone else. So for me to do that, it would have to be a story worth telling.

It’s simple: You get a part. You play a part. You play it well. You do your work and you go home. And what is wonderful about movies is that once they’re done, they belong to the people. Once you make it, it’s what they see. That’s where my head is at.

God will not look you over for medals degrees or diplomas, but for scars.

If I could write directly on a typewriter or a computer, I would do it. But keyboards have always intimidated me. I’ve never been able to think clearly with my fingers in that position. A pen is a much more primitive instrument. You feel that the words are coming out of your body and then you dig the words into the page.

I got my buzz from playing.

As fire when thrown into water is cooled down and put out, so also a false accusation when brought against a man of the purest and holiest character, boils over and is at once dissipated, and vanishes and threats of heaven and sea, himself standing unmoved.

It just seems there’s better things to do in your life than be on television if it’s not interesting, if it’s not challenging, if it’s not fun. You know? When it stops being those things for me, I’ll stop making television.

One of the things you’re doing when you make art, apart from entertaining yourself and other people, is trying to see what ways of working feel good, what feels right.

A person standing in front of an audience without enthusiasm for his subject and his actions is disconnected from his spirit.

I write all of my own speeches.

I’ve seen firsthand that being president doesn’t change who you are. It reveals who you are.

I’m not trying to be sexy. It’s just my way of expressing myself when I move around.