Violent ground-acquisition games such as football are in fact a crypto-fascist metaphor for nuclear war.

Remember that just because you hit bottom doesn't mean you have to stay there.

Listen, smile, agree, then do whatever you were going to do anyway.

People never change because they are under threat or under duress. Never. They change because they see something that makes their life seem valuable enough to start moving toward a life worth living.

People rise out of the ashes because, at some point, they are invested with a belief in the possibility of triumph over seemingly impossible odds.

I don't need an Iron Man suit. I'm already a weapon of mass seduction.

I know who I am. I'm a dude playing a dude disguised as another dude.

I think that we all do heroic things, but hero is not a noun, it's a verb.

I just think it's good to be confident. If I'm not on my team why should anybody else be?

I know very little about acting. I'm just an incredibly gifted faker.

The lesson is that you can still make mistakes and be forgiven.

Never focus on achieving your goals, focus on achieving the behaviors and beliefs that will help you achieve your goals

It's not that we poor men are so powerful to be able to banish the devil. It's that God gives us the power.

Be driven, be focused, but enjoy every moment, because it only happens once.

We all have to draw some lines. To preserve my sanity, I steer clear of cooking, professional sports and most imports, unless imported to us via PBS, Sundance, etc.

I'd love to have three or four kids. But my mom always says: "Speak to me after you have your first".

If you go through life being casual, you will end up a casualty

You can anchor the mind into answering a question a certain way by giving them a totally unrelated piece of information dropped before.

Many a necklace becomes a noose.

Only a fool thinks his enemies stand still when he isn't looking, my Lord Dragon.

My philosophy is making a movie is difficult enough and I just feel as if you should have a really good time when you do make films whether it's a drama or a comedy.