I do have a lot of Australian friends.

My life is pretty hectic, but I'm really into it.

Time goes a lot quicker when the work is a lot more enjoyable.

I'm not immune to the charms of the female form. And when I was 17 and I spent every spare minute surfing, most of the girls we hung out with would be topless.

I didn't grow up with money, but I grew up with a lot of space. All I did was surf. I was committed to the ocean. That's one thing about Australians; we have the capacity to embrace life.

I am very straight-forward and direct. If I disagree with something, I say something about it.

I think my kids are pretty well-rounded citizens of the world.

Sometimes the intensity and the grind of doing television can wear you down, but at the same time there's something about the repetition, the sheer mass of work that you do that's also liberating.

I don't like fancy fiddly girlie stuff.

I try to be straightforward and honest with my kids, and I believe nothing beats good old hard work.

If you can't be proud of what you do, go and sell shoes. Do something else.

I surround myself with things that make me happy. Why? Because ... it makes me happy.

Given a thimbleful of [dramatic] facts we rush to make generalizations as large as a tub.

I'm going to hell. I'm pretty sure she's going to drag me there herself.

I believe every person has a guardian spirit or angel. They assist us in the transition between life and death and they also help us pick our parents before we are born.

In the past, hearing music had more value.

People are best on records and books because you can turn them off or put them back on the shelf.

I read Noam Chomsky. I like some of Gore Vidal's stuff.

The United States Supreme Court, once a reliable if ultimate recourse for progressive and even revolutionary grievances, has become a retrograde wellspring for enormous economic and social distress.

When you're working with really good actors, it raises your own game and you get better.

You play along, because you want to die for love, you always have.