There's nothing like the knowledge of being hanged in the morning to concentrate the mind wonderfully.

It doesn't bother me one iota that most of my career has been playing people who are not that - well, let's say that people wouldn't aspire to be like them.

Imagination is a beast that has to be put in a cage.

I was always insecure about the way I looked.

I'm working class, and want people to know I'm not unintelligent and all the other cliches that come with it.

Life is not all about profundity. Life is about little things that piss you off, little triumphs, little defeats. So, you can't spend all your time being profound.

You can make as many films as you like, but if nobody wants to put them on, whats the point?

I know what I like when I see it, but no way have I ever become interested in learning about it.

You can't live your life in a state of profundity, because you're never going to get anything done, and you're just profound.

There's nothing like a little bit of unemployment to kick the stuffing out of you when things are going well.

Never fear being a petty fool it means you ain't dying

The greater the gap between self perception and reality, the more aggression is unleashed on those who point out the discrepancy.

The Show Must Go On!

Anything is possible on a train: a great meal, a binge, a visit from card players, an intrigue, a good night's sleep, and strangers' monologues framed like Russian short stories.

The basis of all true cosmic horror is violation of the order of nature, and the profoundest violations are always the least concrete and describable.

I have stepped out upon this platform that I may see you and that you may see me, and in the arrangement I have the best of the bargain.

We are the fault line; if you don't deal with this fault line, you're going to have an earthquake, that's what we always said.

Oh, God, I would love to go and do a play someplace.

Yes, risk-taking is inherently failure-prone. Otherwise, it would be called sure-thing-taking.

Every time a child is saved from the dark side of life, every time one of us makes the effort to make a difference in a child's life, we add light and healing to our own lives.

I watch Jay. I watch 'Letterman'. I flip back and forth between 'Conan' and 'Letterman', especially the top of the show for those guys.