Somebody said to me that I speak English almost like somebody for whom English is not their first language.

I became very critical of zoos and circuses and keeping animals in captivity. I wish it was against the law.

I got a fever, and the only prescription is more cowbell.

I'm better off not socializing. I make a better impression if I'm not around.

At its best, life is completely unpredictable.

There's something dangerous about what's funny. Jarring and disconcerting. There is a connection between funny and scary.

No, improvising is wonderful. But, the thing is that you cannot improvise unless you know exactly what you're doing.

I try not to worry about things I can't do anything about.

We have no way of knowing what lays ahead for us in the future. All we can do is use the information at hand to make the best decision possible.

I play so many villains and strange, troubled people. I don't have that kind of life. I live in the country. I've been married nearly 50 years. I have a cat.

My father was a lesson. He had his own bakery, and it was closed one day a week, but he would go anyway. He did it because he really loved his bakery. It wasn't a job.

Accept the fact that you are fully responsible for your career.

Each child is an adventure into a better life - an opportunity to change the old pattern and make it new.

Who can do anything after Beethoven?

The brain is a tool that gets rusty without constant, albeit moderate, exercise.

An artist who makes pictures that look good but express nothing is like a writer whose words sound good but have no meaning.

Conservatives are giving up on democracy because it's not efficient. They want an autocratic regime.

The supreme reality of our time is the vulnerability of our planet.

Should the Catholic Church find itself discriminated against by the Obama administration on key delivery of services because of the bias and the bigotry of the administration?

Personally I kept my feelings out of it and created a fantasy. That's the process of going through this world being beautiful.