What is happiness other than a negotiation between reality and your dreams? It's understanding that you give up something for something else. I feel like that's been how I've been trying to be happy, although in my DNA there's more of a depressed person. Mark Ruffalo depressdnadream share on social
If I'm working in the city, then as soon as I'm home, I try to lock in on my son for a few hours. Every day. I see how important it is that he's starting to come into my world now. It's just an effort to give him that male mode of being. Mark Ruffalo citydayeffort share on social
I love acting with kids, cause they're great acting partners. They're totally present. Even when they're acting, they're still available and you can crack them up or something weird will happen and they'll go with it. Mark Ruffalo actcrackgreat share on social
You really can have your dreams and at the same time have a family. But it has to be a really deliberate practice. Mark Ruffalo deliberatedreamfamily Change image and share on social
I was bartending for a long time and going on auditions and was constantly being rebuffed. Mark Ruffalo auditionbartendingconstantly Change image and share on social
All of us have got to pay into a certain system, and what we're saying is it's 100% American that every American should be able to create, store and sell their own energy as they see fit. Let's decentralize energy. Let's democratize energy. Mark Ruffalo americancreatedecentralize share on social
Whatever we want to think about American business - work hard, tell the truth, have morality - it's a myth. There's a lot of graft. Mark Ruffalo americanbusinessgraft Change image and share on social
I don't like this idea of Method. I come from that school, but what I was taught was that it's your imagination. You do your homework, and you use your imagination. Mark Ruffalo homeworkideaimagination Change image and share on social
I love 'The Sportswriter' by Richard Ford. Ford really captures for me the bittersweetness of the quietly suffering American man. It's stoic, sad, and really beautiful. Mark Ruffalo americanbeautifulbittersweetness Change image and share on social
