As a writer, Bibi, you could be a doctor of the soul.

People hide truths about themselves from themselves. Such self-deception is a coping mechanism, and to one extent or another, most people begin deceiving themselves when they're children.

We all get scared and want to turn away, but it isn’t always strength that makes you stay. Strength is also making the decision to change your destiny.

Those half-learn'd witlings, num'rous in our isle As half-form'd insects on the banks of Nile

The only thing you have 100% control over is you.

That is the responsibility of the artist, of the actor, to inhabit these roles and put on somebody else's shoes. It's the responsibility and the gift of what it is I get the opportunity to do.

I'm proud to be an American, where at least I know I'm free.

Don't just be interested, be interesting.

Fame gets you in the door but it doesn't keep you in the room.

The bulk of my calls are from agents who are letting you know about material that's coming your way.

Someone once said there was a comparison between Sugar Ray Leonard and Sugar Ray Robinson. Believe me, there's no comparison. Sugar Ray Robinson was the greatest.

There was a time I could have been mistaken for Burt Reynolds. I had a moustache and so did he. But he was the number one star in the world, so there wasn't really much confusion