We are all born as empty vessels which can be shaped by moral values.

We can't just have mainstream behavior on television in a free society, we have to make sure we see the whole panorama of human behavior.

You're a transsexual fighting with a hermaphrodite over a mistress.

All of us, whether or not we're celebrities, every one ought to spend part of their life making someone else's life better.

You fight to defend a lover, not to win one. If you do, it isn't love.

If you can't be committed to another person, at least be committed to the concept of character and don't cheat.

It's just a show. It's not the end of Western Civilization. It's chewing gum.

Love is great for us, but we don't always love who is great for us.

I'm in shape, but only if you consider a circle a shape.

Take care of yourselves, and each other.

Somebody once said I had a face for radio and a voice for newspapers.

If where we are now and whatever we are going through does not motivate us to leave this world better than the way we met it, we are in this world for wrong reasons.

Why do you want to fight and win when you were born to understand and forgive? When you forgive, you always win.

Art is about emotion

The ultimate of being successful is the luxury of giving yourself the time to do what you want to do.

Crime is just unvarnished capitalism, after all.

It is the starved imagination, not the well nourished, that is afraid.

I'm on a roller coaster that only goes up," he said. "And it is my privilege and my responsibility to ride all the way up with you," I said.

I never expected to win three medals in the Athens Olympic Games. Of course, I would rather have won one gold.

When becoming a character, you have to steal. Steal whatever you see. You can even steal from other actors' characterizations; but if you do, only steal from the best.

To have that powder blown up your nose is rather like being shot out of a rifle barrel lined with Baroque paintings and landing on a sea of electricity.