Art is something to be proud of. Art is no compromise. As an actor, you're giving it up, you're at the mercy of so many other people.

I tend to think you're fearless when you recognize why you should be scared of things, but do them anyway.

Whatever you do, do it completely. Don't do it half-arsed. Do it more than anybody else would.

The art of survival is a story that never ends.

It's about pursuing it rather than waiting to see what comes along.

It's the actors who are prepared to make fools of themselves who are usually the ones who come to mean something to the audience.

I think trying too hard to be sexy is the worst thing in the world a woman can do.

I find something fascinating about the quiet man in the background who has no desire to be the center of attention.

But I learned that there's a certain character that can be built from embarrassing yourself endlessly. If you can sit happy with embarrassment, there's not much else that can really get to ya.

I only sound intelligent when there's a good script writer around.

You have to treat yourself like a mushroom to some degree, in order to keep on discovering things.

If you are not rising with ethics, you will sink with every rise!

Working full-time as a filmmaker has been a dream come true.

When action is needed, optimism, even of the mildly delusional variety, may be a good thing.

How a kidnapping ends depends to a large degree on who the kidnappers are.

For the habitual truth-teller and truth-seeker, indeed, the whole world has very little liking. He is always unpopular.

My friends and family always thought I was pretty funny, but I don't know if they thought I was get-my-own-show funny.

I like to keep the world, to some degree, an implied setting.

The market doesn't make communities. Markets make networks of self-interested individuals, and they work as long as there's more than enough to go around.

I think it's important for people to know that bad things do happen to good people and that life can throw a serious curveball at even the most cautious and "prepared" people out there.