It is a tough business but if you get yourself in a situation like I, you can maintain a career over many years. That, to me, is a successful actor.

When you're wearing jeans, there's a shift in your center of gravity.

I don't think you see a pirate with a parrot on his shoulder, for example. And even with the accents.

If the project piques my interest and scares me a little bit, then it's got me hooked.

The way Shakespeare wrote Fallstaff is with a heightened language and everything.

The best piece of advice Ive ever been given was, Be in the business youre in. Dont just be a satellite around it and expect it to come to you. Be in the business youre in.

Humor is a very important thing. It is a natural predilection. It is an emotional release.

I suppose you just feel on an instinctive level if something is honest.

Nobody wakes up in the morning thinking, 'I'm a bad guy.' They think they're the right guy.

Life itself is pretty funny when you realize how absurd it can be.

Well, I'm not a natural gym person myself, anyway.

If ever it's necessary to ride the bandwagon, it's done with one leg swinging out and eyes scoping the fields.

I have spent a lot of my life trying to do good and be a humanitarian, to write about difficult places, and to tell the story of oppressed peoples.

The best advice is to take it easy, respect speed limits and do not try to make up time lost in the tailbacks on the open road.

Cookery is not chemistry. It is an art.

Wherever St. Paul went, there was a riot. Wherever I go, they serve tea.

I'm bout that fast money, money ain't got no patience. But if them boys come run like you on probation.

In your 20s, you're checking your bank account to make sure you're not broke. In your 30s, you're looking at yourself and realizing you're broken.

Vacation: When you spend thousands of dollars to see what rain looks like in different parts of the world.

Every moment is a fresh beginning.