Acting is a life of rejection.

Imagination is the highest kite one can fly.

I think your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that.

I am not a has-been. I am a will-be.

Life is amazing, life is odd. Life is not what you expected it to be. Things happen... Growing up takes longer than you think.

You don't always win your battles, but it's good to know you fought.

Standing still is the fastest way of moving backwards in a rapidly changing world.

There are guys who want to screw around all the time, which interests me not at all. God knows we've done that, been there, and we don't want to do that any more.

Legends are all to do with the past and nothing to do with the present.

Growing up takes longer than you think.

Stardom isn't a profession, it's an accident.

He had conquered murder only to be faced with war. There were no laws for that.

But maybe you carried your demons with you everywhere, the way you carried your shadow.

Government 'help' to business is just as disastrous as government persecution... the only way a government can be of service to national prosperity is by keeping its hands off.

A genius is a genius, regardless of the number of morons who belong to the same race - and a moron is a moron, regardless of the number of geniuses who share his racial origin.

I begin with an idea, but as I work, the picture takes over. Then there is the struggle between the idea I preconceived... and the picture that fights for its own life.

Revolution devours its own parents as well as its own children.

To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness.

Our political differences, now matter how sharply they are debated, are really quite narrow in comparison to the remarkably durable national consensus on our founding convictions.

Praise is sometimes a good thing for the diffident and the despondent. It teaches them properly to rely on the kindness of others.

Kiss and make up-but too much makeup has ruined many a kiss.