[St. Elmo's Fire] it was pretty soon after that. I know we didn't do Breakfast Club knowing we were going to do that.

I like being a villain. Villains are more exciting.

It's very easy to confuse Sean Connery with James Bond. Sometimes in the entertainment industry, people believe the cake is more real than the baker.

Remember to be as smart as you are.

My Brat Pack buddies and I didn't exactly handle celebrity very well. Success at an early age is far more difficult to handle than failure.

Almost anything makes me laugh, especially jokes at my own expense. And I will never, ever admit to being ticklish anywhere.

Catcher in the Rye had a profound impact on me-the idea that we all have lots of dreams that are slowly being chipped away as we grow up.

I love the rehearsal process in the theatre, and the visceral sense of contact and communication with a live audience.

The movie that's had the most effect on me is Jaws. To this day when I'm in the ocean, I'm hearing that music.

I don't have any blindness when it comes to my money. As an actor, you can get distracted by your work. I do keep an eye on my nest egg, if you will.

Young alienation, disappointment and heartache is all a part of the first real growing up that we do.

Life is not a discrete phenomenon it is a part of an intelligent cosmic field. It is a cosmic dance.

It's one thing to feel that you are on the right path, but it's another to think yours is the only path.

That's why there are ten gates to pass through before you reach the garden. If life were easy there would be one gate. There would be no gates at all.

There is a decided bias against things Christian.

Most people with low self-esteem have earned it.

The living grave of crime.

There's an element of fervor and passion that you can't describe when it comes to people who, their faith literally might cost them their life.

Proceed calmly in life.

Do not despise the bottom rungs in the ascent to greatness.

Errors of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.