Acting was a way out at first. A way out of not knowing what to do, a way of focusing ambitions. And the ambition wasn't for fame. The ambition was to do an interesting job.

Work hard and figure out how to be useful and don't try to imitate anybody else's success. Figure out how to do it for yourself with yourself.

'May the Force be with you' is charming but it's not important. What's important is that you become the Force - for yourself and perhaps for other people.

I enjoyed carpentry, and it was very good to me for 12 years.

We all have big changes in our lives that are more or less a second chance.

Really, what are the options? Levi's or Wranglers. And you just pick one. It's one of those life choices.

Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid.

Am I grumpy? I might be. But I think maybe sometimes it's misinterpreted.

You have to have a darkness...for the dawn to come. You have to have experienced difficulties and challenges to fully appreciate and be grateful for success.

I think what a lot of action movies lose these days, especially the ones that deal with fantasy, is you stop caring at some point because you've lost human scale.

I wanted to live the life, a different life. I didn't want to go to the same place every day and see the same people and do the same job. I wanted interesting challenges.

But no. There is a difference between the truth and what we wish were true.

He's turned his life around. He used to be depressed and miserable. Now he's miserable and depressed.

The basic purpose of a liberal arts education is to liberate the human being to exercise his or her potential to the fullest.

I wasn't the good looking guy, I wasn't the hot chick, I wasn't the fat guy, I didn't have a catchphrase, I didn't wear a silly hat. I was just trying to improve as a comedian.

No commander in chief would ever say, "I'm not going to listen to the guys on the ground."

I don't think you can say that feminism has made women critical of marriage because women have been critical of marriage for centuries.

All change is a miracle to contemplate, but it is a miracle which is taking place every instant.

Optimists think that this is the best of all possible worlds; pessimists fear they are right.

I'll bring the red wine, you bring the ludes.

As the cause is, so the effect will be.