Everyone is so preoccupied by youth. People talk about how the movie business is a microcosm of the bigger picture, or life imitating art, but the business is guilty for getting women out of the way.

I think anytime you can affect people in general, in a positive way, then you're a lucky individual.

I was single-minded on what I wanted to do since I was like nine or ten.

Sometimes, you get the bear. Sometimes, the bear gets you.

I love the fact that I'm having an opportunity to make people laugh and you actually get to hear it.

Any of these Vietnam vets that have been there and know the deal, they don't feel that any Hollywood endeavor about the Vietnam era has ever gotten it right yet.

I'm not a quick study, so I'm always struggling for my words right up until.

I've spent my entire career on horseback or on a motorcycle. It boxes you in, the way people perceive you.

Even after nearly 50 years in this business, I still feel like I'm lucky every time I get a decent job, but an opportunity to work with people of that ilk.

I'm a four star general in this thing, and you don't rise to the ranks of a four star general by hanging about the house being the perfect dad.

Hugh Grant is the main man. He's the number one romantic comedy man in the world.

Most of the people readily accept the principle but resist its practice.

You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.

I'm never afraid to try something if I think it's funny. And I know I'll regret it if I don't.

If you remember the ‘90s, you weren’t there.

Whilst I'm here, I'll always do the best I can.

A horse gallops with his lungs, perseveres with his heart, and wins with his character.

Every gesture is a revolutionary act.

The century is advanced, but every individual begins afresh.

Heaven knows that there are plenty of opportunities in later life, too, for being carried away. What of it? We remain what we are and, no doubt, it is all very good for us!

Continual improvisation on a theme is a more useful way to think of how to bring the various parts of life together.