My goal was just to work regularly. I didn't ever expect to be rich or famous. I wanted to be a working character actor.

Work hard and figure out how to be useful and don't try to imitate anybody else's success. Figure out how to do it for yourself with yourself.

'May the Force be with you' is charming but it's not important. What's important is that you become the Force - for yourself and perhaps for other people.

I enjoyed carpentry, and it was very good to me for 12 years.

We all have big changes in our lives that are more or less a second chance.

Really, what are the options? Levi's or Wranglers. And you just pick one. It's one of those life choices.

Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid.

Am I grumpy? I might be. But I think maybe sometimes it's misinterpreted.

You have to have a darkness...for the dawn to come. You have to have experienced difficulties and challenges to fully appreciate and be grateful for success.

I think what a lot of action movies lose these days, especially the ones that deal with fantasy, is you stop caring at some point because you've lost human scale.

I wanted to live the life, a different life. I didn't want to go to the same place every day and see the same people and do the same job. I wanted interesting challenges.

Those who have not been stung will hardly fear a bee the same as those who have.

What a pity it is that we've lived the lives that we've lived.

History abhors determinism but cannot tolerate chance.

I'm kind of big on performance in general. I like the sort of entertainment where you can go in and be fully immersed in it.

Part of my journey is sort of learning the ways that I'm unconsciously blocked and trying to open them up. I'm a complete "work in progress" in that area.

What would our lives be like if we could all be happy no matter what?

Whatever you do, do with deep alertness, then even small things become sacred.

The Guild is the authoritative voice of American writers.

An important lesson: Things that look like an overnight success usually aren't.

Leaving the people and places you love, is a reminder of the impermanence of this life. And the permanence of the next.