I'm an actor, paid to act. I don't bring personal problems to the sets. Dad taught me that.

A birthday is just another day where you go to work and people give you love. Age is just a state of mind, and you are as old as you think you are. You have to count your blessings and be happy.

Just because I don't show six-pack abs doesn't mean that I don't have them.

Every actor has his own identity. I don't aspire to be Bond. My quest is to do something new, something different.

Whatever you do, do it from the heart

My daughter is not an object to flash around or a prized item to put on display.

Critics have a job to do. They do not criticize you without reason.

A successful film is a good film, and a non-successful film is a bad film. It's as simple as that.

My films are of paramount importance to me, the same as my family. That's not going to change. This is a balance I have to strike throughout my life.

I like working on my birthday, so I always do.

I am not one of those people who will ever be comfortable mocking or making caricatures of the stereotypes attached to any community.

You can’t spell American without “I can.

Be life.

If the Court finds that there is not a state interest in discriminating and showing moral disapproval of homosexuality then we can't stop equal marriage rights.

If the strong exploit the weak, democracy will not be stable.

You always have that moment where you grow up and you're like, "Oh, my god, I'm being exactly like my mother." I think that's everyone's greatest hope and worst fear.

He was a tool of the boss, without brains or backbone.

What are the aims which are at the same time duties? They are perfecting of ourselves, the happiness of others.

Nobility, without virtue, is a fine setting without a gem

A common quality I see of people who are successful is that they are voracious readers.

In the beginning we were making tape music, meaning, we were making music on tape.