I'm afraid of the dark. I'm not kidding.

I like to touch things. In my house I have a lot of velvet drapes and thick, lush couches.

Why am I the way I am? Well, I used to be different.

If someone messes with me, I'm going to mess with them.

It was dog food. Beef livers with onions in a can. You open it up and it looks like vomit.

Although I get so much fan mail from Great Britain, tell me, am I more famous there than Michael Madsen?

I weighed 190 when I got to boot camp, I came out at 178. I ate only the beans and tomato sauce.

I didn't come to Hollywood to drink or get high, and I don't want to be considered a cool actor - I want to be a great actor.

I know that 20 years from now if anyone asks me one question, it will be, 'What was it like to be in Saving Private Ryan?

I think being a movie star is about whether an audience can watch you and care about you.

Well you know for me, the action is the juice.

May the goodness of God's face forever shine on our path.

The three rules to writing a novel1) Write2) Write more3) Keep writing

The statement at the core of all disagreements: I’m right, you’re wrong.

Always remember, money isn't everything - but also remember to make a lot of it before talking such fool nonsense.

I am proud to be an African.

Longing, it may be, is the gift no other gift supplies.

There was never miracle wrought by God to convert an atheist, because the light of nature might have led him to confess a God.

We finally are where we need to be. We have a strategy and a commitment to go after ISIS.

For a seriously autistic kid, the best prognosis might be getting into a mainstream school without being too much of a shadow. For a moderately autistic kid the best prognosis is full recovery.

The worst was when my skirt fell down to my ankles, but I had on thick tights underneath.