If I hear a record once, I usually never listen to it again. I rarely listen to music - unless it's Billie Holiday.

I love things that are indescribable, like the taste of an avocado or the smell of a gardenia.

Success to me is having ten honeydew melons and eating only the top half of each slice.

I was a personality before I became a person - I am simple, complex, generous, selfish, unattractive, beautiful, lazy and driven.

You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it.

The idea of a liberal media bias is simply a myth. If only it were true, we might have a more humane, open-minded, and ultimately effective public debate on the issues facing the country.

I don't like the word 'superstar'. It has ridiculous implications. These words - star, stupor, superstar, stupid star - they're misleading. It's a myth.

Oh God, don't envy me, I have my own pains.

When they tried me out as a host on TV, I found that I just couldn't be that gregarious person. I was stranger than that.

Stay true to yourself. People respond to authenticity.

Doubt can motivate you, so don't be afraid of it. Confidence and doubt are at two ends of the scale, and you need both. They balance each other out.

He answered the phone to his daughter with a broken but joyous heart, ready to speak with her of astonishment and wonder.

People choose bad at first then say we are unlucky .

Part of the work is determining through what instrument you are playing. Actors are physical, olympian storytellers and we should be able to create entire landscapes with nothing.

As an actor, my main focus is finding good writing and attacking a good role.

Canada has been a breeding ground for great comedic actors, sketch artists and stand-up comedians. We grew up with a different perspective on the world.

Charlie Sheen is to stand-up what Larry Flynt is to standing up.

When it comes to giving advice, never do so unless you've first received a request in writing, signed by a lawyer.

Songwriting is a mystery. And it's a mystery to me that it's a mystery. But that sounds stupid.

Give the enemy not only a road for flight, but also a means of defending it.

The sun never sets on the immense empire of Charles V.