Johnny Quotes

"We dwell on the past and worry about the future. We exist in life and forget to live."

"There is so much fear, from the fear of losing jobs to the fear of losing loved ones. We forget about the moment – right now, what is happening."

"Why would a director choose me? I can only say that hopefully, there's something underneath my look or image that maybe hasn't come out yet, that he thinks he could bring out. I want to try to do things differently. I want to experiment. I want to express different things at some point. It's just the beggining. I'm not even born yet. I'm still trying. I'm still pushing. I hope I never stop pushing. I don't want to get a place where I feel satisfied. I think if I do that, it will be all over."

"You want to be famous because you want to be good at what you do and you want to be recognized for it, right? Being famous isn't as important to me. My goal is to keep learning because I'm nowhere near where I want to be. Like I said about the fame thing: if that becomes the motivation behind everything, even if you achieve it, you're going to get stuck there and you're not going to go any further."

"With any part you play, there is a certain amount of yourself in it. There has to be, otherwise it's not acting. It's lying."

"I am doing things that are true to me. The only thing I have a problem with is being labeled."

' I pretty much try to stay in a constant state of confusion just because of the expression it leaves on my face. '

' You do the work and you want people to see it; but while I'm doing the work, the result doesn't matter at all to me. Ultimately, I don't care whether the film is some big giant box-office bonzana or a complete flop. To me, when a film gets made and it's actually finished it's a success. They're all a success in their own way, 'cos it's that moment that counts. '

' There's a drive in me that won't allow me to do certain things that are easy. '

' If there's any message to my work, it is ultimately that it's OK to be different, that it's good to be different, that we should question ourselves before we pass judgment on someone who looks different, behaves different, talks different, is a different color. '

' It's good to experience Hollywood in short bursts, I guess. Little snippets. I don't think I can handle being here all the time, it's pretty nutty. '

' If you ever catch me saying 'I'm a serious actor', I beg you to slap me. '

'It's all kinds of these profound things crashing on you when your child arrives into the world.

It's like you've met your reason to live. '

' Life's pretty good, and why wouldn't it be? I'm a pirate, after all. '