When someone has a strong intuitive connection, Buddhism suggests that it's because of karma, some past connection.

Sometimes it's an external approach where one can learn the skills required, let's say, learn to play the trumpet and in that process other things happen. It's magical: through the process of practicing four hours a day you start focusing on emotion and when you pick up the trumpet it's filled with feeling.

In the process of developing a character, you do, in fact, start to take him on as a personality. It's part of my job.

I'm younger than I once was. Internally. Less self-conscious. Less insecure.

The Dalai Lama said that he thinks mother's love is the best symbol for love and compassion, because it is totally disinterested.

Food is the only beautiful thing that truly nourishes.

Certainly there have been better actors than me who have had no careers. Why? I don't know.