Although I get so much fan mail from Great Britain, tell me, am I more famous there than Michael Madsen?

I like to touch things. In my house I have a lot of velvet drapes and thick, lush couches.

Why am I the way I am? Well, I used to be different.

If someone messes with me, I'm going to mess with them.

It was dog food. Beef livers with onions in a can. You open it up and it looks like vomit.

I weighed 190 when I got to boot camp, I came out at 178. I ate only the beans and tomato sauce.

I didn't come to Hollywood to drink or get high, and I don't want to be considered a cool actor - I want to be a great actor.

I know that 20 years from now if anyone asks me one question, it will be, 'What was it like to be in Saving Private Ryan?

I think being a movie star is about whether an audience can watch you and care about you.

I'm afraid of the dark. I'm not kidding.

Well you know for me, the action is the juice.

The best way to reduce stress is to know that it is not real

Working hard for something we don't care about is called stress: Working hard for something we love is called passion.

This was an urban legend that didn't make it on to Snopes.com

Imagine how many new friends you would make, how much new business you could create, and how much fun you could have by simply taking the initiative to be the inviter.

I pray hard work hard and leave the rest to God.

The economy is a very sensitive organism.

A woman has to be twice as good as a man to go half as far.

I'm trying to think of what I'm ashamed of. But, damn, I don't really have any shame.

Fear is like the steam that fires the combustion engine. You need fear to get a performance going.

I know nothing at all about music.