I like movies that leave you with something to think about, to discuss, to debate, you know?

There's no excuse to be bored. Sad, yes. Angry, yes. Depressed, yes. Crazy, yes. But there's no excuse for boredom, ever.

I have never been in a natural place and felt that it was a waste of time. I never have. And it's a relief. If I'm walking around a desert or whatever, every second is worthwhile.

It's hard not to get depressed when you pay attention to the world and how strangely and corrupt the people in it sometimes behave.

When I have a day off, I won't spend it at a Hollywood party. I'd rather be at home with paints and a blank canvas.

You should always do the things in life that are both interesting and make you afraid.

Be kind. It's worthwhile to make an effort to learn about other people and figure out what you might have in common with them.

You don't have to make something that people call art. Living is an artistic activity, there is an art to getting through the day.

I think that every person has many, many people inside of them. We change our personality depending on who we are talking to or what situation we are in.

I think every family is dysfunctional, and some manage to control it better than others.

My job as an artist, as I see it, is to understand and in some cases to take on various ways of thinking about people and the world that are different from my own, sometimes radically different.

As beauty lies in eyes of beholder, struggling lies in reaching further.

Reality confounds image.

I demanded two weeks of rehearsal because to me as an actor, that's the most important time.

Why wouldn't I be able to look at you? You're not my woman and I don't even have feelings for you. You really mean nothing to me now.

All peoples must be respected, and they must all be granted the same rights.

I won an Academy Award for 'The Cider House Rules,' playing an American.

From being a waiter, to a door-to-door salesman, to a car-washer, to a delivery boy - I have done it all.

My dream was to play Major League baseball. I've lived that dream.

Our predecessors overcame many troubles and much suffering, but each time got back up stronger than before.

Ho Chi Minh sought to defeat both adversaries [French and American] primarily by using diplomatic and political means, combined with paramilitary activities.