"So the mask was just really easy, I've got to be honest. And it was great actually because it really allowed you to get into the character a little bit more maybe than without it, if that makes sense"

"Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop"

"I said when I came into office that I don't want to be a great leader; I want to be a good democrat"

"There are no gains without pains"

"We cannot hold a torch to light another's path without brightening our own"

"The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you"

"Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action"

"Great effort from great motives is the best definition of a happy life"

"Seek the lofty by reading, hearing and seeing great work at some moment every day"

"It is a useless life that is not consecrated to a great ideal. It is like a stone wasted on the field without becoming a part of any edifice"

"We worked very hard to make the lyrics suit the music. I can't, like Elton John, for example, compose by lyrics. Elton has a great talent for that. Whatever you give him, including your questions, he composes in half an hour and makes a great song out of it"