I've been around horses, but I certainly wouldn't call myself a horseman by any means. It's a combination of being very aware of them, and not trusting them.

When I feel like I'm doing my best work, there is a bit of a freedom, a bit of flight that you're not so much losing yourself but you're sort of in the zone.

I like a very dry wit, not the big kind of humor like Robin Williams. I don't think I'm capable of that.

Well, all I can say is thank goodness I had 15 years of theater before ever I did film roles. You build technique that you can rely on

I suspect that a lot of studio executives still think of me as 'what's-his-name'.

You don't throw away a whole life just because it's banged up a little.

You must survive with grace. You must do so gallantly. How archaic these terms seem to us in our modern world. There is little grace or gallantry in commerce or politics and not much in art.

I had a couple come in with a negative amortization mortgage on a house that costs way too much relative to their income. They're consuming real estate, not investing in it.

You jot down ideas, memories, whatever, concerning your real life that somehow parallels the character you're playing, and you incorporate that in your scene work.

It's not the size of the hard drive that counts, it's how you download it.

I don't want to go bald, I don't know what's coming up next.

The family is the focal point of our existence. And up until Jane and Lucy's death, there were always 16 of us together for Christmas.

Having the world's best idea will do you no good unless you act on it.

Mitt Romney is the guy who said corporations are people. No, Governor Romney, corporations are not people.

Historically, usury was defined as any interest whatever on an unproductive loan.Our whole banking system I have ever abhorred, I continue to abhor, and I shall die abhorring.

Despite rumors to the contrary, a mime is actually a very satisfying thing to waste.

Truth is not what you want it to be; it is what it is, and you must bend to its power or live a lie.

We have come a long way and we have a little further to go.

If I had to characterize one quality as the genius of feminist thought, culture, and action, it would be the connectivity.

So when you enjoy the beats, the rock music - maybe even toned down with an orchestra - you are enjoying the spirit of the black race. And that's what I emphasize to the students.

And to the English court assemble now, From every region, apes of idleness!