I've played a lot of parts. But I don't look at my feeling is that this is a job. It's given me a good living.

My philosophy is: It's none of my business what people say of me and think of me. I am what I am, and I do what I do. I expect nothing and accept everything. And it makes life so much easier.

We are dying from overthinking. We are slowly killing ourselves by thinking about everything. Think. Think. Think. You can never trust the human mind anyway. It's a death trap.

Life's too short to deal with other people's insecurities.

No expectations. Ask nothing, expect nothing and accept everything, and life is very well.

A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti.

I don't believe in nepotism. I don't much like the idea of parents who interfere.

Relish everything that's inside of you, the imperfections, the darkness, the richness and light and everything. And that makes for a full life.

The whole point of courage, to overcome your fear. That's the interesting thing, when courage bleeds through the fear.

I always liked to take the plunge, you know, I'd jump in at the deep end and hope that I'd find land somehow, or hope I'd float or survive. That's more or less the way I've gone through my life.

You're not more than one generation from poor white trash, are you, Agent Starling?

A life without sweets is not much worth living.

You cannot teach creativity—how to become a good writer. But you can help a young writer discover within himself what kind of writer he would like to be.” Mario Vargas Llosa

It behooves me to remember as I advance in age that death is an inevitable part of the life cycle rather than a medical failure.

Writing for adults, you have to keep reminding them of what is going on. The poor things have given up using their brains when they read. Children you only need to tell things to once.

A cunning woman is a knavish fool.

I'm 190 pounds of rock hard muscle, underneath 40 pounds of sturdy protective fat.

I'm old-school. I want to be there to drop off my daughter at school and pick her up.

The body of an actor can be either his best friend or his worst enemy.

Meditation is to be aware of what is going on in your body, in your feelings, in your mind, and in the world.

Do we elect a man because of what he stands for, because of where he stands on the issues, because how he makes the nation feel?