I'm more of a writer than an actor, and I used to say that I'm mostly an improviser, though I haven't improvised in awhile.

Don't waste your energy trying to educate or change opinions... Do your thing and don't care if they like it.

And I can see Russia from my house.

In most cases being a good boss means hiring talented people and then getting out of their way.

Most of the time you're too busy to think about it. But every now and then you say, 'I work at 'Saturday Night Live,' and that is so cool.

I think if you ask any of us here, we all dreamed of ending up on Saturday Night Live. I remember thinking, 'I'll just keep doing this as long as I can get away with it.'

Tracy: Stop eating people's old french fries, little pigeon. Have some self-respect. Don't you know you can fly?

Confidence is 10 percent hard work and 90 percent delusion.

You go through big chunks of time where you're just thinking, 'this is impossible - oh,this is impossible'. And then you just keep going and keep going, and you sort of do the impossible.

I had my hair in a ponytail and looked my trademark exhausted.

Whatever the problem, be part of the solution. Don’t just sit around raising questions and pointing out obstacles.

The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.

The solution to our human frailty is not to try harder, but to turn Godward.

I wish to be a martyr, and I don't fear death.

A good government remains the greatest of human blessings and no nation has ever enjoyed it.

True meditation has no direction or goal. It is pure wordless surrender, pure silent prayer.

When you believe that other people think highly of you, your level of self-acceptance and self-esteem goes straight up.

Listening with undivided attention and unconditional love Is perhaps the greatest gift we can extend to others.

I'm not in any sense anti-Facebook.

The State not seldom tolerates a comparatively great evil to keep out millions of lesser ills and inconveniences which otherwise would be inevitable and without remedy.

Anyone familiar with my work knows that I am extremely critical of all religious faiths.