Conventional wisdom can get us into so much trouble, especially as artists.

You have to decide if you're going to wilt like a daisy or if you're just going to go forward and live the life that you've been granted.

I believe in long, slow, deep, soft, wet kisses that last three days.

Real heroes are men who fall and fail and are flawed, but win out in the end because they've stayed true to their ideals and beliefs and commitments.

I split my time between Santa Barbara and Aspen. I live on a pretty fast horse.

Field of Dreams is probably our generation's It's A Wonderful Life.

Failure doesn't kill you... it increases your desire to make something happen.

Broken people say awful things and do incredibly absurd things.

When I played Robin Hood, I knew the great role was Alan Rickman's and it didn't bother me. I always think that leading actors should be called the best supporting actors.

When a defining moment comes along, you define the moment, or the moment defines you.

I'm a big fan of dreams. Unfortunately, dreams are our first casualty in life - people seem to give them up, quicker than anything, for a 'reality.'

Here's a rule of life: You don't get to pick what bad things happen to you

What if winning the gold medal at the Olympics wasn't the end?What if... it was only the beginning?

Listening is one of the most important things a brand can do online. If your brand is just broadcasting its own agenda, it isn’t truly engaging in a conversation.

He who can does. He who can't teaches.

Don't sell life insurance. Sell what life insurance can do.

As a parent, I want my kids to have an optimistic outlook, and one that has hope, and that makes sense, where good does triumph over evil and it's not cynical, and it's not snarky.

I was never a part of the Actor's Studio, because two friends of mine started it in 1947 and by that time I'd gone to California.

It's difficult being a child actor. I don't think everything beautiful has to be exploited. Some things can be beautiful and left beautiful.

It is not my business to think about myself. My business is to think about God. It is for God to think about me.

To paraphrase the great poet Dante, the heavens swirl above us and our eyes are still cast to the ground.