I have boxes full of stuff. Most actors do have a trunk full of stuff, paintings or scripts. It never comes to anything.

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.

A weapon men use against women is the refusal to take them seriously.

The only way to prove that you're a good sport is to lose.

I felt as out of place as a left-handed violinist in a crowded string section.

I don't know if there's a lot of patience anymore. I think that could serve a lot of people.

Where there is a rotten root, there will always be rotten fruit. We must be rooted in Jesus Christ.

Search for the truth is the noblest occupation of man; its publication is a duty.

Nobody wants any country to have nuclear weapons.

Unlawful desires are punished after the effect of enjoying; but impossible desires are punished in the desire itself.

The real spiritual power is enabling beings to realize the nature of the mind. That's the power of Buddha activity.

I apprehend... that the total abandonment of the principle of rotation in the offices of President and Senator will end in abuse.