It was all completely incomprehensible to me. I was fearful of the language. You had to look up every third word.

I think every American actor wants to be a movie star. But I never wanted to do stupid movies, I wanted to do films.

The worth of a life is not determined by a single failure or a solitary success.

I'm a real pushover for animals.

The technique's many benefits for actors include minimized tension, centeredness, vocal relaxation, and responsiveness, mind/body connection and about an inch and a half of additional height.

Hindsight. It's like foresight without a future.

I've got the Jewish guilt and the Irish shame and it's a hell of a job distinguishing which is which.

Most of the comedies I've done have been rather farcical and extravagant.

But, I do think, on a very simplistic level, that we can project onto dogs because they are so innocent. They don't come with a lot of baggage.

I totally related to Cole Porter's magnetic pull to any piano that was in the room, which he was famous for doing, as was Gershwin. You couldn't drag them away from a piano.

Just because you're not sweating doesn't mean you're not putting in the work.

Fantasy is unconstrained by truth.

Don't settle for anything less. Rise up and optimize your talents through strategic thinking and big dream. Your God should be your guide in all things.

The sense that just about anything goes with the collection of public revenues and the making of public expenditure has contributed mightily to the current malaise.

If you have a particular faith or religion, that is good. But you can survive without it.

Is this my best team ever? I won't know that for another 20 years or so.

Somebody did complain to me and tell me that my clothes were so loud they couldn't hear me sing.

Florida wants to change the state's motto to attract younger people. They're thinking about: More than just a great place to die.

Challenges ONLY make you STRONGER!!!

I was excited to explore and see the world. I'd been traveling since I was 6 months old, so I was never fearful of getting on a plane and going somewhere - even America.

when night came on, the Macedonians and the barbarian crowd suddenly took fright in one of those mysterious panics to which great armies are liable