I come from a show-business family, so wanting to become an actor never crossed my mind. It was just a part of my life.

I became very critical of zoos and circuses and keeping animals in captivity. I wish it was against the law.

I got a fever, and the only prescription is more cowbell.

I'm better off not socializing. I make a better impression if I'm not around.

At its best, life is completely unpredictable.

There's something dangerous about what's funny. Jarring and disconcerting. There is a connection between funny and scary.

No, improvising is wonderful. But, the thing is that you cannot improvise unless you know exactly what you're doing.

I try not to worry about things I can't do anything about.

We have no way of knowing what lays ahead for us in the future. All we can do is use the information at hand to make the best decision possible.

I play so many villains and strange, troubled people. I don't have that kind of life. I live in the country. I've been married nearly 50 years. I have a cat.

My father was a lesson. He had his own bakery, and it was closed one day a week, but he would go anyway. He did it because he really loved his bakery. It wasn't a job.

Imitation is the sincerest (form) of flattery.

I want clean water and clean air and conservation... that's not what extreme environmentalists are all about. For them, it is a religion. They believe in trees and animals, not God.

My religion is humanitarianism, which is the basis of every religion in the world.

Get out of bed, go to school, stick at school. Make it happen for yourself because those opportunities are waiting.

If you're afraid of losing, then you daren't win.

Music doesn't tell you where to go. It says, go find your own place. That's what it told me.

Protect the ocean and you protect yourself.

We either believe in the dignity of the individual, the rule of law, and the prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment, or we don't. There is no middle ground.

Be ever more obedient to God and He will save you.

I ain't saying that I'm better than you, but maybe I am.