My mom put me in a Pampers commercial on TV.

Work is my hobby, staying sober is my job.

I took a lot of time off after Mobsters and although I did something I had never done before, which was to direct a play, The Laughter Epidemic, it felt like a vacation.

I've calmed down, certainly, from the days of being 18, but I'm still having a good time.

After I did Untamed Heart I wanted to do a film that was outrageous. I really wanted to do, you know, a performance. I don't want to allow my image to rule the choices that I make.

If you can help guide somebody through a challenging moment because you've been there, that ends up becoming a great gift.

I'm trying not to put myself into anything I'm not 100 percent confident about.

As you get older you learn some balance and mediation in your life - that's where I am right now. I feel pretty comfortable about things.

I don't think of myself as offbeat and weird. As a kid, I saw myself as the type of guy who would run into a burning building to save the baby.

The extreme always seems to make an impression.

If I make a move, like raise my eyebrows, some critic says I'm doing Nicholson. What am I supposed to do, cut off my eyebrows?

Books ... rarely if ever talk about what children can make of themselves about the powers that from the day or moment of birth are present in every child.

O man! Prepare yourself for the Hereafter, obey Allah to the extent of your need for Him and anger Him to the extent of your patience in Hell.

You have only one model, Jesus. Follow, follow, follow him, step by step, imitating him, sharing his life in every way.

I seem to have always one little window looking but into life.

Cooking is like snow skiing: If you don't fall at least 10 times, then you're not skiing hard enough.

It's a little uncomfortable doing love scenes in armor, but, you know, when the heat's on, the heat's on.

I'm not politically correct; I never said I was.

Having a book is actually like a great master - helping to build a universe and unify work - especially in my pictures where there is such a strong signature, yet with a set of rigorous rules to it.

The Negroes have little invention, but strong powers of imitation, so that they readily acquire mechanic arts. They have a great talent for music, and all their external senses are remarkably acute.

Activity without purpose is the drain of your life