Meanwhile, politics is about getting a candidate in front of the public as a star, politics as rock'n'roll, politics as a movie.

I have always been fascinated by the corruption of power.

I have only one loyalty - to my writing. I never wanted to be the head of a studio or a producer.

That's sort of what I felt... I miss drinking, I thought bars were truly holy places.

Cigarettes are not a part of human behaviour, they are a habit.

The studios have been taken over by marketing people and accountants.

Let's make Joe Lieberman accountable for his rhetoric. Not a penny more until he 'clarifies' his position to the satisfaction of our creative freedom.

Politics has become entertainment.

I worry that we are approaching a time when that which is shocking is squeezed out by the Stalinism of political correctness.

My father could have been deported because on his immigration application he said that he was a printer, obviously because he didn't want them to be checking his writings.

I have my own religious bond with the God in my own head.

Too often, we miss out on opportunities in this life because we were too busy waiting for them to fall into our lap that we missed them tapping on our shoulder.

By appreciation, we make excellence in others our own property.

I think there's this great disconnect between youth culture and politics, which is a product of how our capitalist system works.

Sometimes when you win, you think you're going to get everything to go your way.

I'm part of that generation that grew up watching TV, and being an actor was all about being on TV or being in films.

A great guy who is no longer in the league right now who is retired, Kyle Vanden Bosch, I learned a lot from him, and I owe him a lot for my success in the NFL.

I'm attracted to creative people and train wrecks, and there's no shortage of that in Los Angeles.

Be persistent with your disturbance until you get face to face with the Lord himself. Don't deify common sense.

Happiness is the greatest hiding place for despair.

In the era of mobile phones and emails, you're no more out of the loop in China than you are in Sydney.