Why am I the way I am? Well, I used to be different.

I like to touch things. In my house I have a lot of velvet drapes and thick, lush couches.

If someone messes with me, I'm going to mess with them.

It was dog food. Beef livers with onions in a can. You open it up and it looks like vomit.

Although I get so much fan mail from Great Britain, tell me, am I more famous there than Michael Madsen?

I weighed 190 when I got to boot camp, I came out at 178. I ate only the beans and tomato sauce.

I didn't come to Hollywood to drink or get high, and I don't want to be considered a cool actor - I want to be a great actor.

I know that 20 years from now if anyone asks me one question, it will be, 'What was it like to be in Saving Private Ryan?

I think being a movie star is about whether an audience can watch you and care about you.

I'm afraid of the dark. I'm not kidding.

Well you know for me, the action is the juice.

Besides it's not as though the prisoner can truly die, any more than a character in a novel can. You can always flip back to the first page, can't you?

Laughter is sort of a natural truth detector. If you laugh at something, it's probably because there was some truth in it.

Willpower isn’t just a skill. It’s a muscle, like the muscles in your arms or legs, and it gets tired as it works harder, so there’s less power left over for other things.

He who refuses praise the first time that it is offered does so because he would hear it a second time.

You know, in the film making business no one ever gives you anything.

Be original. The world will try to fit you into a mold, but carve your own path.

The only thing worse than a silly politician analyzing art is a silly artist analyzing politics

The problem with ruling by fear is that eventually, when the fear fades, fury replaces it.

If you want a candidate who is led the fight against Obamacare, who will lift the burdens on small businesses and bring back jobs, I'm the only candidate in the race with that proven record.

House was the first film where I had no influence on the script. I had to buy the script with the game rights.