I'm in the movie business; it's meant to be very cutthroat. But you won't find anybody that ever says I cheated them or manipulated them.

There's only two people in your life you should lie to... the police and your girlfriend.

People who speak in metaphors should shampoo my crotch.

My whole career strategy has been to build a base so that I could take the roles I want to play. I'd hate to think that a shorter part might not be available because I was worried about my billing.

I'm Irish. I think about death all the time.

Beer, it's the best damn drink in the world.

With my sunglasses on, I'm Jack Nicholson. Without them, I'm fat and 60.

The minute that you're not learning I believe you're dead.

Human beings are always going to find interesting ways of making a mess of their lives. It's human nature.

I don't think many people have a very good understanding of leisure and the importance it plays in our lives.

Men dominate because of physicality, and thus they have mercy where women do not.

One of the great things about songwrighting

People usually have to be dragged kicking and screaming into what’s good for them.

If the worst thing a physicist could say about a statement is that it was “false, ” the best thing he could say is that it was “interesting.

I have a trophy case that contains all the action figures ever made of me. It also has items I've stolen from my movies, like three guns and holsters from 'Serenity'.

Love is heaven and fear is hell. Where you place your attention is where you live.

Never seek illicit wealth.

poverty denotes a lack of necessities and simplicity a lack of needs.

We do not choose our own parts in life, and have nothing to do with those parts. Our duty is confined to playing them well.

I do not dislike the French from the vulgar antipathy between neighboring nations, but for their insolent and unfounded air of superiority.

You can feel the stars and the infinity of the sky since life, in spite of everything, is like a dream.