I enjoy experiencing life. Being a celebrity can really stand in the way of that.

I wouldn't go back on my old days, though; everybody needs to have their wild years. It's just a question of when and I'd rather have had them early than be doing it as a mid-life crisis type thing.

Can someone explain the vitriol whenever Ayn Rand comes up? 'Atlas' is the greatest motivator for the individual that I can imagine.

Sampling, statisticians have told us, is a much more effective way of getting a good census.

I was sick of playing high-school kids. I liked being a teenager, but I would not go back for all the tea in China.

The '80s were about trying to establish myself as an actor with a career. And being a teenager enjoying the fruits of being successful with lots of what I think is appropriate for that age.

Be funny whenever possible, even if some people don't get it.

We always reminisce about how everyone tried to get Diane Lane's attention, to very little success.

Sobriety was the greatest gift I ever gave myself.

People have a responsibility, especially with today's media, to read between the lines.

Fake confidence on the outside often trumps truthful turmoil on the inside.

Prayer or worship does not therefore grant a free pass to selfishness ...

I feel a very unusual sensation - if it is not indigestion, I think it must be gratitude.

I’m really afraid to feel happy because it never lasts

People are waiting in line for 15 years before they get rejected, O.K.? That's why people don't want to invest in America.

I'm not going to let people who work in the United States Department of Justice have their characters be assailed without any basis.

Easy mind, light heart. A mind that is too easy hides a heart that is too heavy.

To be honest, I wouldn't mind one last jaunt through the old orifice.

Can't escape pain, kiddo. Battle through it and you get stronger.

I hate jealousy. At least it's its own punishment; it makes me feel like hell.

A significant part of the pleasure of eating is in one’s accurate consciousness of the lives and the world from which food comes.