I'm disappointed that success hasn't been a Himalayan feeling.

The difference between a hero and a coward is one step sideways.

I was trained to be an actor, not a star. I was trained to play roles, not to deal with fame and agents and lawyers and the press.

Like a duck on the pond. On the surface everything looks calm, but beneath the water those little feet are churning a mile a minute.

Things parents say to children are oftentimes not heard, but in some cases you pick up on things that your parent would like to see you have done.

I do not like assassins, or men of low character.

Dysfunctional families have sired a number of pretty good actors.

Seventy-five per cent of being successful as an actor is pure luck. The rest is just endurance.

Honesty isn't enough for me. That becomes very boring. If you can convince people what you're doing is real and it's also bigger than life - that's exciting.

Hollywood loves to typecast, and I guess they saw me as a violent guy.

My wife and I take what we call our Friday comedy day off. We watch standup comics on TV. The raunchier the better. We love Eddie Izzard.

Pretend you are foolish to the foolish, and be yourself when you are alone or with others like you, because if you take the foolish seriously as your friend, you might be a fool yourself.

The willingness to burn your ships, cut off all sources of retreat, and take decisive action is often the only assured path to success.

When you buy a jacket, it’s important the pockets are big enough for a paperback!

Our sons shall not be taken from us to unlearn
 all that we have been able to teach them of charity, mercy and patience.

To be a success, intensely focus on success oriented action not on roadblocks or obstacles.

There's a great tradition of actors taking on parts of much less obvious sympathy.

I'm a Republican, but I find Nancy Pelosi very attractive. She hasn't done a single thing as congressman or Speaker of the House that has turned me on, but I find her quite okay.

Your spiritual family is even more important than our physical family because it will last forever.

I think that the poorest of the poor... look up to wealthy and successful Indians with some degree of respect and pride.

Forgiveness from others is charity; from God, grace; from oneself, wisdom.