I just went into this business for laughs. I guess I don't mind being an actor so much now.

Parrots make great pets. They have more personality than goldfish

I'm going to give you a little advice. There's a force in the universe that makes things happen. And all you have to do is get in touch with it, stop thinking, let things happen, and be the ball.

It's never a good idea for a celebrity to sign autographs or take pictures if a crowd is gathering.

Step by step, we will break this cycle of silence, poor information and stigma.

The best advice I can give you about falling is to never land.

It took me 20 years of making movies to learn how to do it.

I am a clown, just without the painted smile.

A laugh is a surprise. And all humor is physical. I was always athletic, so that came naturally to me.

A flute without holes, is not a flute. A donut without a hole, is a Danish.

I made about 28 movies, and I think about five of them were good.

You have to learn how to take care of yourself. Who you need, is you. It was always about and for you.

Science is about knowing engineering is about doing.

Your most precious, valued possessions and your greatest powers are invisible and intangible. No one can take them. You, and you alone, can give them. You will receive abundance for your giving.

All we need to do, reader or writer, from first line to final page, is be as open as a book, and be alive to the life in language - on all its levels.

To me, jazz is the closest thing to insanity that there is in music.

There were moments when she wasn't talking so much as fading into time, dropping back into some funnelled stretch of recent past.

Service or giving is the other side of receiving. Giving and receiving is a full circle: a full circle feels more natural than a half circle.

If you're open to it, New Orleans will teach you about yourself, but if you want to hide from who you really are, the city will help you do that, too.

Choose your friends with caution. Plan your future with purpose. Frame your life with faith.

I am not this big celebrity, but it gets really crazy. You have to go through the nuts of blowing up, in a sense, and then figuring out how to live your life with that.