“Understanding a question is half the answer.”

“One should never do wrong in return, nor mistreat any man, no matter how one has been mistreated by him.”

“If you want to be a good saddler, saddle the worst horse; for if you can tame one, you can tame all.”

“Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.”

“I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.”

One of the places where we lived when I was growing up had this big wood out the back. And starting when I was about 8, I used to enjoy just walking alone through the wood late. Eleven p.m. Midnight. Later.

And I not only inherited an aversion to the nine-to-five routine, but the sense from my parents that being bored and boring is the worst thing that you can be.

Planning a career, I always find that such a tricky thing, because I don't have much of a plan, really.

I start from scratch with each movie; I wipe the slate and I certainly don't rely on some bag of acting tricks I've amassed over the years.

My dad was the biggest influence on my life because he was never boring.

Certainly I have no attraction to misery. I don't intentionally go for dark.

The only thing I would unequivocally say is that I have never had any interest in romantic comedy I just couldn't do it. I think I'd be terrible.

I started my career without fans.

How serious can a movie about time-traveling robots be? You want it to be cool and fun.

I do like taking stuff seriously that a lot of people look at as nonsense. I enjoy the insanity of that. And I like the commitment that is needed for that.

The biggest rebellion I could've ever had with my father would be to work in a bank. He would have disowned me. As long as I was doing something where I didn't have to wear a tie, I was good.

I tend to think you're fearless when you recognize why you should be scared of things, but do them anyway.

I always want to confuse people in terms of any kind of image and be unpredictable in any kind of movie I make.

It's got to do with putting yourself in other people's shoes and seeing how far you can come to truly understand them. I like the empathy that comes from acting.

Well, it's embarrassing to be a star.

Well, it's embarrassing to be a star.

You'll hunt me. You'll condemn me. Set the dogs on me. Because that's what needs to happen. Because sometimes truth isn't good enough. Sometimes people deserve more. Sometimes people deserve to have their faith rewarded.

You say something bad about Newsies and you have an awful lot of people to answer to.

In honesty, there are probably a lot of stories that can be told with Batman. I like the idea of him growing older and he can't quite do it as much anymore.