When you think you're good, you will play at that level. If you doubt yourself, you will play like crap.

Society questions the police and their methods, and the police say: 'Do you want the criminals off the street or not?'

I seem to have a knack for picking movies that go on to be cult favorites.

If I see one side of somebody, I want to see the other side.

I wasn't really serious about acting - I was serious about baseball

I'm a libertarian. I think a lot of people are libertarians and are afraid to admit it - or don't know.

I no longer look at my life and times in the motion picture industry as my career. I just look at it now as something I like and want to do.

I was brought up as a Republican. But when I realized that at the end of the day there wasn't much difference between a Democrat and Republican, I became a libertarian.

I was brought up by two people who just said, Whatever it is you're interested in, go do it. There is no winning or losing. You find out when you do it what the experience is.

I'm a reasonable guy, but I've just experienced some very unreasonable things.

You can always tell somebody's sense of humor by if they like this movie or not.

Just the thought of you fills my heart with love.

Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul - and sings the tunes without the words - and never stops at all.

All my life, I heard, 'Stop daydreaming, ' 'Get over yourself, ' 'You'll never get there, ' 'Aim lower, ' 'You'll hurt yourself, ' from teachers, family, and friends.

Money doesn't grow on trees but it does hang out in lakes

Rise early. Write. Disappoint your sons. Read the newspaper. Go to bed early. Success.

We are coming to see that there should be no stifling of labor by capital, or of capital by labor; and also that there should be no stifling of labor by labor, or of capital by capital.

I've been lucky to work consistently on women who I think are interesting, fleshed out, and strong and active participants in their destiny.

When I write love songs, people think they're really soppy - but I see love as a consolation for the boredom of life.

Whatever we well understand we express clearly, and words flow with ease.

Why I'm interested in filmmaking is because a moving image is very, very powerful when it comes to changing human behavior.