Sometimes directors will hire you and say, 'Oh, we love your work.' And then they start to tell you how to do it. I say, 'Hey, man, back off. You hired me to do it. Let me do it.'

Hollywood is still the mecca for good or bad, but it isn't the beginning or end for filmmaking.

I take a vitamin every day; it's called a steak.

The greatest king of Israel, King David, the author of the Psalms, sent a man out to die in battle so that he could sleep with his wife.

What people don't understand about Sarah Palin is that she is a rancher's wife. From Alberta down to Texas I've known women like that: good common sense, bright and vilified by city people.

Smell that? You smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world smells like that. I love the smell of napalm in the morning.

One thing I like about Argentina, they only cook with salt; that's it.

Not every successful man is a good father. But every good father is a successful man.

Never use money to measure wealth, son.

If you don't daydream and kind of plan things out in your imagination, you never get there. So you have to start someplace.

I love the smell of juice boxes in the morning.

The lazy are always wanting to do something.

If we can't understand the Afghan family, we can't understand Afghanistan.

I can sing as well as Fred Astaire can act.

I looked at the stars, and considered how awful it would be for a man to turn his face up to them as he froze to death, and see no help or pity in all the glittering multitude.

There's nobody bigger or better at the military than I am.

La duda es uno de los nombres de la inteligencia.

Which is the supplement? Fantasy or daily routine?

And that's the way I have always lived, for the laughs – today. N-O-W. No Other Way.

Compared to dreams, reality can be truly cruel. But it can also come up with beautiful surprises.

In Korea, it's a tradition to inherit your father's business. Unfortunately, I'm the only son in the entire family, so they were forcing too much.