And I'm not a personality; otherwise I'd be coming out with an album, performing on MTV. All that stuff is possible and I can do that tomorrow. I just have no need.

I've been in fights, but that doesn't make me cool or like a tough guy or more interesting actor, I'm not proud of it.

And yeah, my handicap was down to a 10 when we were at the thick of it. I trained for six or seven months, golfing every day for six hours, seven days a week, with eight trainers. It was intense.

I go to sleep at night, and I feel like I just dreamed the whole day.

You can prepare all you want, but if you never roll the dice you'll never be successful.

I think penguins are the most human of all the birds, which may be why people love them. They're cute, they stand upright and they look like they're wearing tuxedos.

Clubs are so lame. Nobody even dances at these clubs. They stand around and get drunk and they schmooze. There is no enjoyment factor.

Adversity has a way of introducing a man to himself.

I like the dark, mysterious, maybe even gothic type girls. They have to have a good personality too! I'm very picky!

I'm constantly jumping off cliffs and developing my wings on the way down. ... It's a gamble, a ... spiritual gamble. You are who you choose to be.

You never really meet a human being until you live with them or know them for awhile, so this is my clown and they understand that and so these interviews don't bother them.

I feel fortunate. I've really gotten to work with amazing talented people, and to learn from them, which is why I'm doing this. If I can work with the best director I'm going to do it.

All I'm saying is that minerals are just a rudimentary form of consciousness whereas the other people are saying that consciousness is a complicated form of minerals.

Although Damascus is considered the oldest city in the world, the date of its foundation going beyond tradition, there are very few relics of antiquity in or near it.

Sometimes an organization doesn’t need a solution; it just needs clarity.

Vanity is illustrated in the cause and effect of love, as in the case of Cleopatra.

Who says I can't be free from all of the things that I used to be?

... on the whole 'blasphemy' has been a force for good in human history. It is part of the process by which millions of people have come to reject theocracy and think for themselves.

Actually, my wine was served at the White House twice. Reagan must have been asleep when he ordered it.

You can't just plain die. You got to do it by the book.

I'm like old wine. They don't bring me out very often, but I'm well preserved.