I always wanted to be an independent maverick, writing plays and putting them on myself.

I was always jealous of my violinist friends and cellist friends who traveled with their instruments.

I am the only actor who ever had to lose weight to play Orson Welles.

People say to me now, Oh, youve given up the piano. How can you? Music is a virus.

One of my earliest memories is of bashing the keyboard with my hands, my chubby little baby hands, and I remember the sound hitting my face. It became my toy.

Never count your chickens before you can stick a fork into them.

I personally think Chimes of Midnight is a much better film than Citizen Kane.

I want to record Goyescas by Granados, which has been a great love of mine since I was a teenager.

Film is limitless, but some stage presentations on film can look too theatrical.

Some actors play themselves, don't they?

Men love women but, even more than that, men love cars.

Riches without faith are the greatest poverty.

God as you probably now know, uses us to do His work. The last time He sent his son, we killed him! We will now have to do the heavy lifting ourselves. We know the Law and we know it's true.

A strong man can make his own luck.

Don’t be that kind of person who goes about falling in love everywhere.

Treat your password like your toothbrush. Don't let anybody else use it, and get a new one every six months.

Genuine expressions of emotion rarely persist longer than five seconds and almost never longer than 10. A fixed smile is likely to conceal anger, anxiety, or some other negative emotion.

All who live in tyranny and hopelessness can know: The United States will not ignore your oppression, or excuse your oppressors. When you stand for your liberty, we will stand with you.

Admite the world. Relish the love of a gentle woman. Trust in the lord.

If our Trade be taxed, why not our Lands, or Produce in short, everything we possess? They tax us without having legal representation.

Music is powered by ideas. If you don't have clarity of ideas, you're just communicating sheer sound.