You don't throw away a whole life just because it's banged up a little.

I've been around horses, but I certainly wouldn't call myself a horseman by any means. It's a combination of being very aware of them, and not trusting them.

When I feel like I'm doing my best work, there is a bit of a freedom, a bit of flight that you're not so much losing yourself but you're sort of in the zone.

I like a very dry wit, not the big kind of humor like Robin Williams. I don't think I'm capable of that.

Well, all I can say is thank goodness I had 15 years of theater before ever I did film roles. You build technique that you can rely on

I suspect that a lot of studio executives still think of me as 'what's-his-name'.

You must survive with grace. You must do so gallantly. How archaic these terms seem to us in our modern world. There is little grace or gallantry in commerce or politics and not much in art.

I had a couple come in with a negative amortization mortgage on a house that costs way too much relative to their income. They're consuming real estate, not investing in it.

You jot down ideas, memories, whatever, concerning your real life that somehow parallels the character you're playing, and you incorporate that in your scene work.

It's not the size of the hard drive that counts, it's how you download it.

I don't want to go bald, I don't know what's coming up next.

You don’t get what you wish for

Life is all about progress and movements, keep it moving.

Love childhood, indulge its sports, its pleasures, its delightful instincts. Who has not sometimes regretted that age when laughter was ever on the lips, and when the heart was ever at peace?

When you love someone, it doesn't really matter if they love you back or not. Having love in your heart for someone is its own reward. or punishment, depending on the circumstances.

Don't get me wrong, I've seen some very excellent women musicians.

Cast first to your church those visions you absolutely know are the Lord's.

Travelling is good for your health and necessary for your amusement.

Most bands, if something goes wrong, they cower and walk off stage and fire people.

Im a huge advocate of pitching. You have to have good pitching as the solid core, the foundation. It keeps you in every game.