I learned more about acting from George Stevens in a few months than I had in my entire life up until then

I was a dummy in school.

A producer has to know all about everything from set-building to costumes to acting

Nobody's strong enough to stand up under a flood of weak material.

I'm no good with words but I'll find ways from time to time to show you how grateful I am.

Time scoots along pretty fast when you grow up.

My parents were so poor when I was a kid, I never went anywhere. I take our youngsters with us because I don't know anything that teaches them so much.

I'm the most insecure guy in Hollywood. If you had it good all your life, you figure it can't ever get bad, but when you had it bad, you wonder how long a thing like this will last

Maybe I can't act, but I know the gimmicks. I studied acting all my life and know what's good for me.

I'm shy and can't for the life of me barge around and slap people on the back. I sit in a corner by myself and am tickled to death when someone comes over to talk to me

Being a good host offsets the deprivation and loneliness of my youth

I really don't know one plane from the other. To me they are just marginal costs with wings.

Forgiveness is a stunning principle, your ticket out of hate and fear and chaos.

When one person is enslaved, we’re all enslaved.

There is wisdom in not letting anyone really know who you are or what you are like. If you define yourself, people hold you in their mind a certain way making it difficult to change.

In many shamanic societies, people who complain of being disheartened... or depressed would be asked,... When did you stop dancing? ... This is because dancing is a universal healing salve.

Afghanistan is the most daring and ambition mission in the history of NATO.

I didn't really like doing commercials. You had to behave like you were on angel dust or something.

The commandment of God is, that we love Our Lord in all our heart, in all our soul, in all our thought.

I have tons of tunes, maybe 30 tunes that I still think are great, and only because some jerk at a record company didn't think it was great, it's not out there.

Instead of getting an iPad, I now use my iPhone with a giant magnifying glass attached to my face.