Almost anything makes me laugh, especially jokes at my own expense. And I will never, ever admit to being ticklish anywhere.

I like being a villain. Villains are more exciting.

It's very easy to confuse Sean Connery with James Bond. Sometimes in the entertainment industry, people believe the cake is more real than the baker.

Remember to be as smart as you are.

My Brat Pack buddies and I didn't exactly handle celebrity very well. Success at an early age is far more difficult to handle than failure.

Catcher in the Rye had a profound impact on me-the idea that we all have lots of dreams that are slowly being chipped away as we grow up.

I love the rehearsal process in the theatre, and the visceral sense of contact and communication with a live audience.

The movie that's had the most effect on me is Jaws. To this day when I'm in the ocean, I'm hearing that music.

I don't have any blindness when it comes to my money. As an actor, you can get distracted by your work. I do keep an eye on my nest egg, if you will.

Young alienation, disappointment and heartache is all a part of the first real growing up that we do.

With failure, you just try again.

When you see a person for the first time, you're not seeing him, but seeing yourself and your whole life in his mirror.

Life gives us the greatest opportunity to serve and be happy.

People who are interested in doing something will do it when it's convenient; people who are committed will do it no matter what.

The only valid starting point is to understand what we all share - we have to find what we can all agree on.

People would rather earn 60 grand in an area where their neighbours earn 40, than earn 80 in an area where their neighbours earn a hundred.

True citizens are not the audience of their government, nor its consumers; they are its makers.

Excuses are your lack of faith in your own power.

Future events cast their shadow before them.

What people do for the struggle of power is madness.

The Whole Business of Man is The Arts, & All Things Common.