I was a Shakespearean actor, I had preconceived ideas, line readings - everything was a gesture, everything was conscious.

The man is clear in his mind, but his soul is mad.

It takes more than going down to the video store and renting "Easy Rider" to be a rebel.

I was very shy, and it was a lot easier for me to communicate if I had a camera between me and other people.

Like all artists, I want to cheat death a little and contribute something to the next generation.

People keep asking me, 'What evil lurks in you to play such bad characters?' There is no evil in me, I just wear tight underwear.

Just because it happened to you, doesn't mean it's interesting.

Art is a bad word in Hollywood. You use art too many times and they show you the elevator and then your name is taken off the parking lot.

My whole written history is one big lie! I mean, I can't even believe my history.

In a world where the dead have returned to life, the word" trouble' loses much of its meaning.

Work is fun to me. All those years of being an actor and a director and not being able to get a job - two weeks is too long to not know what my next job will be.

I’d rather welcome change than cling to the past.

Kindness is not random, it is done on purpose

Foolish names and foolish faces often appear in public places.

Warfarin is the drug the medical community loves to hate.

Peace does not come through prayer, we human beings must create peace.

[My grandkids] are 5, 10, and 15. While they're young and still at home, I think it's all about learning the value of money.

I never find words right away. Poems for me always begin with images and rhythms, shapes, feelings, forms, dances in the back of my mind.

I remember those great days when we were at $176 million before the Reagan Revolution came to town.

Love is the force that ignites the spirit and binds teams together.

Get Carter is a classic, but it did nothing in the United States. It came out on a double bill with a Frank Sinatra western.