I always think extremism is basically a reaction out of fear. What we seem to be experiencing is polar extremism that keeps people from coming together.

My dad had been an actor... not only had my dad been an actor, but his dad had been an actor, and my great-grandfather had been an actor. And who knows before then?

We can't control what the ratings will be. It's like, if you're going to go skiing, do you hope you'll have a good day of skiing? Yes. Do you hope you won't break your leg? Yes.

Alzheimer's is a devastating disease. It was painful for me and my family to watch my grandfather deteriorate. We must find a cure for this horrible disease.

I don't have the time to tell you all the things I've learned from this cast. It's an extraordinary ensemble because we all support each other so well.

The first year I was on the show, it took an interviewer about 45 minutes to get it out of me that I even had a dog, and even then I wouldn't tell him the dog's name.

I was chased through a chateau in the Loire Valley by a bunch of American school girls.

So much of life is paradox. So much of life is neither one thing nor the other... it's both things at the same time.

Don't you always feel bad when they take away one of the spoons? It's like you ordered wrong.

People can be a hoot on the set, but if they're not good to work with, that tires very quickly.

Sometimes in the most tragic situation, something just profoundly funny happens.

An artist must take comfort that there's no satisfaction whatsoever with one's creation, just a dissatisfaction that keeps one a step away from sliding into mediocrity.

God's silence is an answer itself.

I trust Jesus with all my tomorrows, knowing that He will solve the mystery of life beyond the grave.

Lord, Your Word is a love letter to me, showing me how much You love me. And every time I read it, I love You more.

Change your story, change your life. Basically, that's what it is.

My God, the man is a fascist - a fascist, I tell you.

I believe we have to move, eventually in our country, toward a system of public financing that really works for candidates running for federal office. I will support that as president.

You might be a redneck if your vehicle has a two-tone paint job - primer red and primer gray.

Literature is being taught as though it were only political medicine or political poison-a view that is not only illiberal but illiterate.

I think the ordinary is a very under-exploited aspect of our lives because it is so familiar.