American Quotes

When you get a groove going, time flies.

When you read a classic, you do not see more in the book than you did before; you see more in you than there was before.

The German mind has a talent for making no mistakes but the very greatest.

My main recollection is of the work I had to do in order to eat.

Gertrude Stein was masterly in making nothing happen very slowly.

For most men, life is a search for the proper manila envelope in which to get themselves filed.

Experience teaches you that the man who looks you straight in the eye, particularly if he adds a firm handshake, is hiding something.

As between mileage and experience choose experience.

I tried to use the questions and answers as an armature on which to build a sculpture of genuine conversation.

Cheese is milk's leap towards immortality.

By the end of high school I was not of course an educated man, but I knew how to try to become one.

A sense of humor is the ability to understand a joke - and that the joke is oneself.

Insomnia is a gross feeder. It will nourish itself on any kind of thinking, including thinking about not thinking.

When you reread a classic, you do not see more in the book than you did before; you see more in you than there was before.

Mr. Faulkner, of course, is interested in making your mind rather than your flesh creep.

Cheese is milk's leap toward immortality.

There are two kinds of writers; the great ones who can give you truths, and the lessor ones, who can only give you themselves.

A good memory is one trained to forget the trivial.

I think we must quote whenever we feel that the allusion is interesting or helpful or amusing.

When I was younger I saw a movie called 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' with Paul Newman and Robert Redford. Those two actors and that movie was my inspiration to want to be an actor.

What I like about the third movie is you get to see a side of Carlisle you haven't seen before. You actually get to see what his vampire capabilities are because there's some great battle sequences. It's my favorite book. Carlisle is holding on to that humanity. He doesn't want to be a vampire.

We've been shooting the last two weeks with a lot of vampires. I don't want to give away too much, but if you've read the books, it's the standoff with lots of vampires in play. There's like 70 people going through the works at once. It's a little maddening, but fun. We shot pretty much the ending o

There were days when I was literally running for hours in the forest and then I'd jump on a plane and then I'd be on the 'Nurse Jackie' set. I was going from Vancouver to New York every three days. For me, it was really invigorating.

My advice has always been to study the craft of acting if you want to be an actor. There are many great schools that teach acting. NYU being one of them.

Last week I was in London at an awards show, then I flew home and was in an RV park with my wife and kids in our motorhome, this week I'm in NY doing a charity event, and tomorrow I'll be coaching my daughters soccer practice. I guess the range of roles I play on film stem from the range of roles I

It definitely gets challenging at times. I travel a lot more now, and its never easy having to leave the kids, even if its for a few days.

I like playing the contrasting roles. It what inspires me to act. If I look back on my career I am happy that I have gotten to play a wide variety of different roles, from Mike Dexter, to Van Ray in Fast Lane, to Dr. Cullen to Coop.

I enjoy what Twitter is because I can really connect with the fans and it's a great way to share information with them and it's also a great way to entertain. I like being able to put a smile on people's faces and letting them know what I'm doing.

Everyone has a different path. I knew no one in the acting industry growing up. I never did a play until college. I was not outspoken when I was younger and I hated being the center of attention. But I had a dream of being an actor. I went to NYU and studied theatre. I learned a craft. And began my

I like to keep my Twitter pure. I don't want to sell my followers anything.