I always knew there wasn't going to be anybody to help me and emotionally support me, that whatever I did I'd have to do on my own.

There's only two people in your life you should lie to... the police and your girlfriend.

People who speak in metaphors should shampoo my crotch.

My whole career strategy has been to build a base so that I could take the roles I want to play. I'd hate to think that a shorter part might not be available because I was worried about my billing.

I'm Irish. I think about death all the time.

Beer, it's the best damn drink in the world.

With my sunglasses on, I'm Jack Nicholson. Without them, I'm fat and 60.

The minute that you're not learning I believe you're dead.

Human beings are always going to find interesting ways of making a mess of their lives. It's human nature.

I don't think many people have a very good understanding of leisure and the importance it plays in our lives.

Men dominate because of physicality, and thus they have mercy where women do not.

I have the absolute confidence not to be number two, but then I have enough sense to realize that there can be no number one.

I don't get recognized much, and am very happy with that. The fans I have met have all been delightful.

The first step toward spiritual growth is to become aware of your emotions.

The deepest truth blooms only from the deepest love.

Wars come and go; politics endure.

One cannot choose how one's life begins but one can choose to face the end with courage

Rees's First Law of Quotations: When in doubt, ascribe all quotations to George Bernard Shaw.

For the first time in history, my community has had to use air conditioners. Imagine that, air conditioners in the Arctic.

I will never have a drink and get behind the wheel of a car. It's not illegal to drink and drive, but there becomes a certain point where it does become a crime.

It were better for a man to be subject to any vice than to drunkenness; for all other vanities and sins are recovered, but a drunkard will never shake off the delight of beastliness.