My demo was terrible, I sounded like a chipmunk. I was so young.

I never thought about what people would say about me. I was just a young guy who was excited to become a comedian and an actor, and I just wanted to get to do what I got to do.

The food here is terrible, and the portions are too small.

Both old and young alike ought to seek wisdom: the former in order that, as age comes over him, he may be young in good things because of the grace of what has been, and the latter in order that, while he is young, he may at the same time be old, because he has no fear of the things which are to come.

Next to the young, I suppose the very old are the most selfish.

I felt rich when I was 20 years old and my wife was paying my bills. Just being in a band, I’ve always felt blessed.

I think that society has to be careful not to shift all of its resources to the elderly versus the young.

I was just a young guy who was excited to become a comedian and an actor and I just wanted to get to do what I got to do.

The truth. It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and must therefore be treated with great caution.

When I did A Soldier’s Story, I was very young and green and thought I knew everything-now I know I know everything!

Beauty is mysterious as well as terrible. God and devil are fighting there, and the battlefield is the heart of man.

It is really very important while you are young to live in an environment in which there is no fear. Most of us, as we grow older, become frightened; we are afraid of living, afraid of losing a job, afraid of tradition, afraid of what the neighbours, or what the wife or husband would say, afraid of death.

However, because Britain is young and exciting, I did show my second line here once or twice.

Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, Thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habit. Thought is great and swift and free.

Solitude is painful when one is young, but delightful when one is more mature.

As an elder of the Americas and of the rest of the planet, it is my responsibility to care for and protect, to the best of my ability, the young.

American history is longer, larger, more various, more beautiful, and more terrible than anything anyone has ever said about it.

Nothing is more terrible than to see ignorance in action.

My performance outfits are very Marie Antoinette, sparkly corsets… and full skirts. And then we do another look that’s ’50s-inspired. Poufy skirts, big bows. Very fun, girlie and young, but otherwise, when I’m not in costume, I dress really normal.