It's a very serious endeavor for me [to play in the same movie with my son]. It's not for a lot of people. It was a wonderful job. I've wanted to do it since I can remember.

Why don't you knock it off with them negative waves ?Why don't you dig how beautiful it is out here ?Why don't you say something righteous and hopeful for a change ?

It's the things we love most that destroy us.

I love grabbing my wife and going to a distant location to film.

I don't think I have one iota of cynicism about acting.

I have been able to play a lot of guys and they have kept me working.

One measurement is worth a thousand expert opinions.

At my age, you sort of fart your way into a role.

I think we're [me and my son] different. He plans, organizes and intellectualizes more than I do. It wasn't until I worked with Federico Fellini that I understood what my problem was.

Not too much, though there's a certain amount of rancour and bitterness when someone tries to fire you.

I had a kind of meandering little career, and then I was given a chance to play one of the bottom six in The Dirty Dozen.

It came charging toward me, several hundred pounds of angry-looking monster, and I did the only thing any reasonable wizard could have done.I turned around and ran like hell.

Courage lightens distress, hope alleviates grief, doubt aggravates affliction, fear worsens anguish, worry magnifies misery, and faith overthrows despair.

He recognizes voices within silence. (of Max Sebald)

Vast chain of being! which from God began, Natures ethereal, human, angel, man, Beast, bird, fish, insect, what no eye can see, No glass can reach, from infinite to Thee, From Thee to nothing.

They established their patriotic credentials long ago, and are either supportive of the Bush agenda or know when to keep their traps shut.

We give nothing so freely as advice.

None of this is real. All of this is an illusion and your acceptance of that fact is the beginning of the pathway to self-knowledge.

You can't escape what you are, but you also should know what you could be. Why you're fighting.

Anyone who says that Iran will commit suicide with its nuclear power is a moron and has no business in discussion.

Most single women have been in that situation where there is a silent guy in your group. You don't see him as boyfriend material. He's just there, but you know all the same people.