I have a friend of mine who does me on his answering machine, and when I call him, I answer. It's pretty strange.

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.

I know many a strong man undone by marriage.

When a sports movie really works, it gets you on all levels, because the stakes are high. It's black and white. It's win or lose.

You can buy a good pasta but when you cook it yourself it has another feeling.

And I remembered with a pang what had happened to me the previous summer - that even Gallagher Girls aren't always as strong as they need to be.

There is a world of difference between knowing what to do and actually doing it.

Don't die to see me, live to love me.

You can lead a horse to water, but if you can get him to roll over and float on his back, then you got something!

I always want to try and see what the appeal is in anything. It's the healthiest and most honest approach.

My attempt and prayer are and will be for an honorable peace between belligerent nations in the least possible time.

I have long had a theory Bill Clinton-Hillary Clinton relationship. Not how they met, not that story, not the courtship or any of that. But how it happened that this once-in-a-lifetime woman.