All I can say is if the part doesn't delight me in some way, or I can't feel any compassion for it, I just can't do it.

I know that if I can't move people, then I have no business being an actor.

It's murder to doubt yourself in life. It took until I was 45 to get to that point. As hard as it is in your work, it's harder in your life. But it can be done.

Marriage requires searing honesty at all costs. I learned that from my third wife.

I don't believe in competitions between artists. This is insane. Who has the authority to say someone is better?

Truth is always unfolding. It's not an absolute.

I read somewhere that some people believe that the entire universe is a matrix of living thought. And I said, "Man, if that's not a definition of God, I don't know what is.

Either you're growing or you're decaying; there's no middle ground. If you're standing still, you're decaying.

No matter what you do or where you are, you're going to be missing out on something.

'Catch-22' was a huge failure, and it rubbed off on everybody connected to it. I had a bunch of lean years where I had to do things, a lot of which I wasn't wildly enthusiastic about.

No matter how much time you spend reading books or following your intuition, you're gonna screw it up. Fifty times. You can't do parenting right.

2a.m and a ceiling stained with question marks.

Smiling always seems to annoy people more than actually insulting them. Or maybe I just have an annoying smile.

Small towns may revile you, but they have to keep you-they can't turn you away.

Adults tell students that it gets better, that the world changes after school, that being 'different' will pay off sometime after graduation. But no one explains to them why.

Luck is opportunity meeting up with preparation. So you must prepare yourself to be lucky.

I'd rather make a mistake than do nothing.

So many people doubted me. They motivated me every single day, to be, who I am.

The one thing you're most reluctant to tell. That's where the comedy is.

People in Hollywood are not showmen, they're maintenance men, pandering to what they think their audiences want.

Water holes are sacrificial waters where you make a steady gift of your pride and high-priced balls.