Some nights it was a melee, literally, where I'd be standing trying to defend myself for what I was doing. People would be screaming at me to do my old act, and getting actually violent and angry at me.

It was such a leap in my career when 'Truman Show' came along. It's always been a long process for me insofar as recognition goes, but that's OK because you appreciate it when it comes.

It's hard for anybody who's been with me not to feel starved for affection when I'm making love to my ideas. Maybe it's not meant for me to settle down and be married.

Life is an ordeal, albeit an exciting one, but I wouldn't trade it for the good old days of poverty and obscurity.

People need motivation to do anything. I don't think human beings learn anything without desperation.

Life opens up opportunities to you, and you either take them or you stay afraid of taking them.

Maybe other people will try to limit me but I don't limit myself.

Maybe there is no actual place called hell. Maybe hell is just having to listen to our grandparents breathe through their noses when they're eating sandwiches.

Morgan Freeman is so class. He's so cool. He's so scary.

My family kinda hit the skids. We were experiencing poverty at that point. We all got a job, where the whole family had to work as security guards and janitors. And I just got angry.

My upbringing in Canada made me the person I am. I will always be proud to be a Canadian.

Originality is really important.

If you aren't in the moment, you are either looking forward to uncertainty, or back to pain and regret.

One thing I hope I'll never be is drunk with my own power. And anybody who says I am will never work in this town again.

My focus is to forget the pain of life. Forget the pain, mock the pain, reduce it. And laugh.