The last really expensive trip we took was so uncomfortable. It's so lazy. I want somebody to give me a great $30 massage as opposed to a bad $265 massage.

Folks can believe what they like but eventually a man's got to declare if he's going to do what is right.

I have to tell you, you can't have an ego when you're an actor. A lot of actors have them, but in reality most of those people are just sensitive artists dying for a hug and a compliment.

When accepting or preparing for a role, fear is the motivating factor.

Nothing misleads people like the truth.

I only took a high school acting class because there was no other class I wanted to take. I loved it, but I was always against acting as a profession. I didn't like the monetary fluctuations I saw.

Football? Forget it. I didn't have that thing inside me where I wanted to smash against somebody and watch them break. I was too sensitive for that and disliked being that sensitive.

I'm really, really lucky. I was given my dad's good genes.

It's probably a bit of a power trip when you befriend somebody enough that they trust you to tell you things.

Fear - there's always fear. You re-create yourself in every movie, don't you?

My dad didn't often bring me to the set, being an actor himself, so my infancy as an actor was wracked with a lot of giggles and nervousness.

Love is a divine and universal attraction, which hold the universe together and fills it with beauty, life, and happiness forever.

Trust is central to an economy that works.

The real and proper question is: why is it beautiful?

No business is above Government; and Government must be empowered to deal adequately with any business that tries to rise above Government.

Change happens when you understand what you want to change so deeply that there is no reason to do anything but act in your own best interest.

Remember the good old days when the only bomb you had to worry about on a plane was the Rob Schneider movie?

All love is betrayal, in that it flatters life. The loveless man is best armed.

I think the only thing I've got going for me as an actor specifically is the fact that I can change.

With my horror movies or with this movie [Valley of Violence], same thing. The subtext of this movie is what to take away from it. Plot is never something that's been my driving force as a filmmaker.

Actors do these really gross, gun-'em-down movies, and I always wonder why. They're not good movies. And it's like, "Why are you doing them? Aren't you rich enough?"