It was sort of the first movie [The Specials ] where I really got to let my comedy freak flag fly. And everybody in it made me laugh really hard. I wish more people had seen it.

I wouldn't go back on my old days, though; everybody needs to have their wild years. It's just a question of when and I'd rather have had them early than be doing it as a mid-life crisis type thing.

Can someone explain the vitriol whenever Ayn Rand comes up? 'Atlas' is the greatest motivator for the individual that I can imagine.

Sampling, statisticians have told us, is a much more effective way of getting a good census.

I was sick of playing high-school kids. I liked being a teenager, but I would not go back for all the tea in China.

The '80s were about trying to establish myself as an actor with a career. And being a teenager enjoying the fruits of being successful with lots of what I think is appropriate for that age.

Be funny whenever possible, even if some people don't get it.

We always reminisce about how everyone tried to get Diane Lane's attention, to very little success.

Sobriety was the greatest gift I ever gave myself.

People have a responsibility, especially with today's media, to read between the lines.

Fake confidence on the outside often trumps truthful turmoil on the inside.

No man is poor in real terms, because every man owns a great treasure: Existence!

How quickly a moment sinks into the past.

Limerence is an obsessive, unrequited love. It is actually a disorder. A disease if you will.

Blame yourself if you have no branches or leaves don't accuse the sun of partiality.

An expert is somebody who is more than 50 miles from home, has no responsibility for implementing the advice he gives, and shows slides.

We learned sexual technique from our dog. He taught how to beg, and he taught my wife how to roll over and play dead.

There's a lot of things people think they can't do and then discover they can when they find themselves tight-wired.

If you have the support of people with a heart and a brain, then you're good.

Only people who die very young learn all they really need to know in kindergarten.

When I'm inspired, I jot things down and put them in a pile.