“For a society is always most cruel to those who disclose and reveal its secrets, when through dishonesty society itself has outraged Nature.”

I found it all about as arousing as a Tupperware party.

Either a municipal bog is a private place or it isn't. If it is a private place in which to shit, how is it not a private place in which to fellate?

With vampires, there is such a great tradition that you suddenly find yourself a part of. Each generation reinvents what that means to them.

Riding my motorcycle around L.A. is like my own video game. But unlike many folks at the wheel, I am occupied with getting where I'm going and keeping myself safe. Most people are applying makeup, texting, and checking out the beauty in the next car.

I think it's a bigger risk following a part that plays up your looks than it is to try and carve out a career as an actor.

“Philosophy is common sense with big words.”

Today,is the Tomorrow I was so worried about Yesterday

We have a Boesendorfer piano that I play every day. It keeps my brain and my fingers active.

I always had a knack for improvisation. I can write down the notes I play, but never really had a proper academic musical background. I suppose I'm blessed and cursed by the fact I have that freedom.

I tend to get bored quickly, which means I must be boring.

The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution.

Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons

The wise man thinks about his troubles only when there is some purpose in doing so; at other times he thinks about other things, or, if it is night, about nothing at all.

If I was gonna go to jail, I don't want to go to jail for stealing a bottle of water. I'll steal that $20 million. At least then it was worth it.

What really excites me in a project is when it goes in a way you haven't been before.

I did a rendition of Billie Jean which is on my Soundcloud. I put it on Twitter, and it got about 3000 hits that day.

I knew that if I wanted to be all I could be, I would have to go to the US. It took three years to get the accent right.

[Sometimes] I sit in front of my [gaming] console with my headphones on and I play. I love that. It's a nice form of escapism.

When you come from an under-privileged background, oftentimes, you feel a little overwhelmed by your education or your lack of.

My definition of bad-ass is that I'm a force of nature and true spirit. I'm self-admitting that, and it sounds vain to say that, but I am.

Because I was big, I didn't have to listen to anyone doubting me. I was just considered good at football or whatever, there were no questions about it.

In 'Pacific Rim' I had to have a haircut I wouldn't usually rock. However, the moustache I had in the film - that might have to come out again. It was a good moustache. Good times.

I want to go to Sierra Leone with something - whether it's some sort of contribution to healthcare, or to the entertainment industry. My cousin is a nurse; we are talking about opening a clinic.