I'm a perfect example of the grumpy, old man. I'm really good at it.

I'll tell you what I would do in a shot if I could. I would sing in the barbershop quartet in The Music Man.

I've had this problem since I was in my 20s. They don't call it manic depression anymore. They call it a bipolar disorder, and I'm a Type 2?

I only really work when I want to.

It always impresses me when a person of small stature has command.

I want to see the writers strike because the writers, god bless them, are the only true commies we have in Hollywood.

I was born just barely south of the Mason Dixon line.

I'm blessed with eight children - though I'm talking about eight adults now.

I'm getting grumpier all the time.

It is when the heavenly fire has departed and the soul is cool again that we discover the real quality of our will.

My children have never watched any of my films. Charlie knows that daddy makes movies, but he says they are not good enough for him to watch.

Just because a romantic relationship ends doesn't mean that the other facets of your relationship have to end... or, indeed, doesn't mean they can't get better.

I'm funny on camera sometimes. In life, once in a while. Once in a while.

I think we all feel that way when we're young we don't think teachers have lives. We don't think therapists have lives. We don't think doctors have lives.

Accepting God’s acceptance of me doesn’t mean I’m going to stop trying. It means I’m going to stop trying out. And I am intentionally redirecting my obsession.

Here is a hall without exit, a tunnel without end.

Washington honors the Platinum Rule above all: 'Do it unto others before they do it unto you'.

A thing is important if anyone think it important.

I don't master my craft or my style enough to have any philosophy or dogma to which I feel I belong.