I'm not going to stop talking to people who come up to me in an airport. I'm not going to worry about what may be their ulterior motive.

I wouldn't go back on my old days, though; everybody needs to have their wild years. It's just a question of when and I'd rather have had them early than be doing it as a mid-life crisis type thing.

Can someone explain the vitriol whenever Ayn Rand comes up? 'Atlas' is the greatest motivator for the individual that I can imagine.

Sampling, statisticians have told us, is a much more effective way of getting a good census.

I was sick of playing high-school kids. I liked being a teenager, but I would not go back for all the tea in China.

The '80s were about trying to establish myself as an actor with a career. And being a teenager enjoying the fruits of being successful with lots of what I think is appropriate for that age.

Be funny whenever possible, even if some people don't get it.

We always reminisce about how everyone tried to get Diane Lane's attention, to very little success.

Sobriety was the greatest gift I ever gave myself.

People have a responsibility, especially with today's media, to read between the lines.

Fake confidence on the outside often trumps truthful turmoil on the inside.

I talk to children like adults and to adults like children.

Boredom is the dream bird that hatches the egg of experience. A rustling in the leaves drives him away.

I did the wrong thing, and I lost him for

The enjoyment comes from knowing the receiver understands the spirit of the gift.

Beauty is not something you can count on. Usually, when people say you are beautiful, it is when there is a harmony between the inside and the outside.

People who talk only of themselves think only of themselves.

Young leading cadres have risen up by helicopter. They should really rise step by step.

Be satisfied with nothing but your best.

A major power can afford a military debacle only when it looks like a political victory.

There is no substitute for experience