I want to thank the Academy for its courage and generosity.

I was not a collective person or a bohemian; I was an elitist.

The world was like a huge red carpet out ahead of me to be walked on. And it stretched on and on, no end.

What's called a difficult decision is a difficult decision because either way you go there are penalties.

The real challenge is not simply to survive. Hell, anyone can do that. It’s to survive as yourself, undiminished.

Look for the contradictions in every character, especially in your heroes and villains. No one should be what they first seem to be. Surprise the audience.

Take it from a director: if you get an actor that Sandy Meisner has trained, you've been blessed.

Whatever hysteria exists is inflamed by mystery, suspicion and secrecy. Hard and exact facts will cool it.

I knew the exuberance of playing before an admiring audience and hearing my secret voice.

You've got to keep fighting; you've got to risk your life every six months to stay alive.

Wonder is our need today, not information.

...curiosity had the same impact on him as caffeine... (Commissario Soneri)

When you make a break for freedom you don't necessarily find company on the way.

I've spent the past two years looking for my ex-girlfriend’s killer… but no one will do it.

Tell the truth. Sing with passion. Work with laughter. Love with heart.

It's easy to write for God and about God, because what a thrill to remind the church that the Holy Spirit of God is in you. What a rush! What an amazing blessing!

To be made evident, truth must be sought for; for of itself it is slow to appear, and between ourselves and God the obstacles are so many!

The Constitution poses no threat to our current form of government.

If you start thinking about stats it can get too complicated and you just have to go out there and play your game.

There is no Love greater than Love with no object. For then you, yourself, have become love, itself.

Art is the escape from personality.