I do not choose to be a common man.

I will not trade freedom for beneficence nor my dignity for a handout.

I want to take the calculated risk; to dream and to build, to fail and to succeed.

I will never cower before any master nor bend to any threat.

The most complex challenge for an actor is the ability to give dimension to the story from the time that it happened, not from the present.

As President Bush has said on numerous occasions, it is the government's role to create the conditions, the friendly environment, that will attract capital.

I often think off-screen horror is more effective, it's the fear of what is lurking around the corner, just out of sight, that can leave you on the edge of your seat.

Access is vital in lobbying. If you can't get in your door, you can't make your case.

You'll have pie in the sky when you die.

I get to do physical comedy! When do women get to do physical comedy? Very rarely.

In the midst of a universe that cannot exist for a second without constant motion, God transcended the order of nature. He stopped. He rested. And He prescribes the same for you and me.

I am greedy, and most importantly, game for what's next.

Do nothing to mar its grandeur ... keep it for your children, your children's children, and all who come after you, as the one great sight which every American should see.

Can't a rapper insist, like other artists, on a fictional reality, in which he is somehow still on the corner, despite occupying the penthouse suite?