As far as my work for causes or social issues, that's something I'm doing as a private citizen.

I wouldn't go back on my old days, though; everybody needs to have their wild years. It's just a question of when and I'd rather have had them early than be doing it as a mid-life crisis type thing.

Can someone explain the vitriol whenever Ayn Rand comes up? 'Atlas' is the greatest motivator for the individual that I can imagine.

Sampling, statisticians have told us, is a much more effective way of getting a good census.

I was sick of playing high-school kids. I liked being a teenager, but I would not go back for all the tea in China.

The '80s were about trying to establish myself as an actor with a career. And being a teenager enjoying the fruits of being successful with lots of what I think is appropriate for that age.

Be funny whenever possible, even if some people don't get it.

We always reminisce about how everyone tried to get Diane Lane's attention, to very little success.

Sobriety was the greatest gift I ever gave myself.

People have a responsibility, especially with today's media, to read between the lines.

Fake confidence on the outside often trumps truthful turmoil on the inside.

To live in happiness, always do something that will bring joy to others.

If an art form is marginalized it's because it's not speaking to people.

Repeated psychology tests have proven that telling someone your goal makes it less likely to happen.

Not only must the message be correctly delivered, but the messenger himself must be such as to recommend it to acceptance.

I think people can stand to take themselves just a little less seriously. I'm fighting the war against pretension.

All my works are games, serious game.

This is why integration will not work. It assumes that the two races, black and white, are equal and can be made to live as one. This is not true.

I was continually connected with the whole world and never got any rest. At the moment, I spend only a few hours weekly on the net, that's just better for me.

Definition of love: capacity to forgive endlessly.

Television is in a different time because of reality television, so it's not as exciting.