I tell people, 'It's just like a cliche, but it's true: In Hollywood, dreams can come true.'

When something happens, we always say it happens for a reason.

I'm used to being the big tough guy, the bodyguard type.

People always have an opinion. Doesn't mean it's right, doesn't mean it's wrong, but we have to respect their opinion.

Know what you want to do, because if you don't know what you want to do, you'll get stuck.

So it was a thing that my mother always taught me to go for your goals and never give up no matter what they are, and I started believing that later on in life.

I was up around 340 pounds because the producers said they wanted a really big guy, and I'm not that big, you know! I've lost it all now though. I'm 285 pounds, my sexy weight!

Always wake up with a smile on your face, because a lot of people who went to sleep last night are not with us this morning.

Of course, people told me, 'Mikey, you will never be an actor. You don't have the look. You're ugly.'

Whatever God gave you, you have to work that to your best ability - especially out here in Hollywood, the land of beautiful people.

My sister used to say I had a frail chest and she 'd beat me up all the time.

There is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.

One Lifetime is not enough.

The important thing is for me to feel love towards my fellow human beings—and sometimes, that has to be at a distance.

I can't decide whether to commit suicide or go bowling.

It was a hobbit hole, and that means comfort

Particularly, in my situation, I needed a way out of where I was. So music was that.

Every child is taught if you try to please everyone, you end up upsetting everyone.

Hitting is like swimming. Once you learn the stroke, you never forget it.

Evil, once manfully fronted, ceases to be evil; there is generous battle-hope in place of dead, passive misery; the evil itself has become a kind of good.

TAKE HEART TO FLAT OUT DECIDE TO BE WELL AND STRIDE INTO THE FUTURE, SANE AND WHOLE