If 'Party of Five' hadn't done well, it would have been a bunch of names involved in the demise. But if 'Time of Your Life' doesn't do well, it will be my name. You have to prepare for the worst. This is a very fickle business.

Obviously, I got very lucky that even though I lost my mother, I lost her later in life, but it's still had a profound effect on me.

I think more dating stuff is scheduling. It's needing people who understand your work schedule.

The ultimate dream in life is to be able to do what you love and learn something from it.

I'm never going to starve myself for a part. I don't want little girls to be like, 'Oh, I want to look like Katniss, so I'm going to skip dinner.' That's something I was really conscious of during training, when you're trying to get your body to look exactly right. I was trying to get my body to look fit and strong-not thin and underfed.

Life can be dramatic and funny all in the same day.

I guess we'd be living in a boring, perfect world if everybody wished everybody else well.

I entertain for a living, and I entertain.

I work more now because at this time of my life I am not disturbed from my aim by outside pressures such as family, passionate relationships, dealing with 'who am I?' - those complications when one is searching for one's self.

My life is very exciting now. Nostalgia for what? It's like climbing a staircase. I'm on the top of the staircase, I look behind and see the steps. That's where I was. We're here right now. Tomorrow, we'll be someplace else. So why nostalgia?

I don't like going where I've already been. Life is a myriad of territories to discover. I don't want to waste time with what I already know.

Life is an accomplishment and each moment has a meaning and you must use it.

It's just as idiotic to say there is no life after death as it is to say there is one.

My aim in life is not to judge.

Every person has a right to risk their own life for the preservation of it.

It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living.

I am not made like any of those I have seen. I venture to believe that I am not made like any of those who are in existence. If I am not better, at least I am different.

Life is short. I'm years old. I've got years to go where I can be the best I can be. I want those years to be precious, not like before, cranking two or three movies a year. I've made a ton of movies in my life, but so what?

Life is short. I'm 47 years old. I've got 10 years to go where I can be the best I can be. I want those 10 years to be precious, not like before, cranking two or three movies a year. I've made a ton of movies in my life, but so what?

Because I know I'm an addict, and I know I'm an alcoholic.

Being an actor, you are recognized for being somebody else, whereas these books are distilled from me.

Hollywood is the backdrop of my family, and I know that the movie business is incredibly cruel as you get older.

I can play rhythm guitar. I know how to hold a guitar and strum it.

I love performing and pretending - it's very easy for me.