I always thought the leading actor should be the best supporting actor, because you're the only person that can help every other actor on the set.

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.'

What endurance is to the body, is what perseverance is to the mind.

You're only human you're supposed to make mistakes.

One of the most courageous things we do is change. If everyone says you're wonderful every time you wear a red dress, and you change to yellow, that takes courage.

The music business is a weird business. Sometimes licensing doesn't happen because some business component that you never knew about stops it.

Attention is the most important currency that anybody can give you. It’s worth more than money, possession, or things.

I made lots of talks and challenged lots of people.

Have goals so big your problems pale in comparison.

To the sick, indeed, nature is sick, but to the well, a fountain of health.

The role of religions in the domination and destruction of African civilizations was ruthless... Islam was as guilty as all the rest.

But the battles against loneliness that I fought when I was 16 are very different from those I fought when I was 27, and those are very different from the ones I fight at 44.