Awards can give you a tremendous amount of encouragement to keep getting better, no matter how young or old you are.

As an artist, as an actor, as a writer, you have to use what's personal to you. You have to be personal about your work; otherwise, it doesn't ring true.

I was always interested in figuring things out. I'd do experiments, like combining things I found around the house to see what would happen if I put them together.

When people are laughing, they're generally not killing one another.

If you know what you're looking for, that's all you'll get - what's previously known. But when you're open to what's possible, you get something new - that's creativity.

I had never really wanted to be famous. Everyone is supposed to want to be rich and famous, but as a boy I never knew what rich was, and the first view I had of famous made me leery.

Laugh at yourself, but don't ever aim your doubt at yourself.