Generally I don't like doing remakes, but I think that's more in the cynical world of Hollywood where normally remakes are purely for commercial reasons.

I had to prove myself to a lot of different people.

The chance to be both artistically appreciated and commercially appreciated... That's what you hope for.

Be the hero of your own life story.

The fact that you touched somebody's soul or made them laugh-that's a wonderful thing.

You know that every bead of sweat falling off your head, every weight you've pumped - the history of that is all in your eyes.

The thing about courage is it’s something that we have to learn and relearn our whole lives. It’s not just in you, it’s in every choice we make every day.

I love a girl with a good sense of humour, who is confident but who has a sweetness to her - that melts my heart.

I sang in a rock band when I was training as a lawyer. You know, not professional, we just did it for fun. We just did gigs all over Edinburgh and some in Glasgow and some at festivals.

I appreciate and love women for many reasons, tall and small, plump and skinny, and crazy and demure. I see beauty in all of them.

Lessons not learned in blood are soon forgotten.

If man studied himself, he would see how incapable he is of going further.

Would you rather die with honor intact or live with it besmirched?

Marriage n: the state or condition of a community consisting of a master a mistress and two slaves making in all two.

When folks find I ain't afeard to speak my mind on their affairs, they kinder guess I'm tellin' the truth about my own.

I came to Washington with a pledge to be a fiscally conservative.

Fat is where comedy is stored.

Hillary Clinton doesn't quit. She doesn't give up. I respect that.

To think and to be fully alive are the same.

If you like laws and sausages, you should never watch either one being made.

Focus on the victory instead of on everything that could go wrong.