I'm glad movies aren't going to please everybody, they can't. But what they have to be is recognisable. I don't equate myself with a master painter, but I think you can recognise my films.

You have to decide if you're going to wilt like a daisy or if you're just going to go forward and live the life that you've been granted.

I believe in long, slow, deep, soft, wet kisses that last three days.

Real heroes are men who fall and fail and are flawed, but win out in the end because they've stayed true to their ideals and beliefs and commitments.

I split my time between Santa Barbara and Aspen. I live on a pretty fast horse.

Field of Dreams is probably our generation's It's A Wonderful Life.

Failure doesn't kill you... it increases your desire to make something happen.

Broken people say awful things and do incredibly absurd things.

When I played Robin Hood, I knew the great role was Alan Rickman's and it didn't bother me. I always think that leading actors should be called the best supporting actors.

When a defining moment comes along, you define the moment, or the moment defines you.

I'm a big fan of dreams. Unfortunately, dreams are our first casualty in life - people seem to give them up, quicker than anything, for a 'reality.'

Reason number 106 why dogs are smarter than humans: once you leave the litter, you sever contact with your mothers.

I close my eyes and melt in its embrace, basking in the sweetest balm of forgiveness: that for which one need not even ask.

There is a divine grace available for you to accomplish far greater things than you could ever imagine nor dream of.

The day my life changed forever...The day I first saw you.

Don't let anyone define you from what you live through and everything that they think you stand for. Just be proud of who you are.

We have no poor houses in the Colonies, and if we had, we would have no one to put in them, as in the Colonies there is not a single unemployed man, no poor and no vagabonds.

Nothing is hopeless; we must hope for everything.

Fear is just not a part of my life - so much so that if it's involved in somebody else's life and they're close to me, I won't be around them.

Lives of faith are the great mirror of the dependability of God.

It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.