Obstacles are only opportunities to succeed or fail; how we handle them determines what will happen.

I won't mention names, but in my career, the most talented people invariably are the easiest and nicest to get along with.

To get over my divorce, I got a prescription to live at the Playboy Mansion for a while.

Success is the result of clear goal, unshakable confidence, proper planning, enthusiastic ACTION and consistent persistence.

My least favorite phrase in the English language is 'I don't care.'

Observe the masses and do the opposite

Showing up every day isn't enough. There are a lot of guys who show up every day who shouldn't have showed up at all.

Actors have bodyguards and entourages not because anybody wants to hurt them - who would want to hurt an actor? - but because they want to get recognized. God forbid someone doesn't recognize them.

It is that, but really, it's about how we don't recognise the little things in life, or appreciate the little things in life like belonging. A sense of belonging is a big thing today.

I went to a shrink once, but I caught him going to a fortune-teller so I quit.

There's nothing more boring than actors talking about acting.

Never disagree, agree to reach the destination in a different way.

The real problem in Greece is not cutting taxes, it's making sure that we don't have tax evasion.

Mine is not a smiling face. Strangers on the street always say, Smile! But my muscles do not naturally go there.

To rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as the firm seat.

Those whose conscience demands that they defy authority in some ways that involve great consequences must be willing to accept some penalty.

Woman is more impressionable than man. Therefore in the Golden Age they were better than men. Now they are worse.

I have great faith in God. Without faith, I don't know how I would have been able to get through what I've been through.

From joy I came, for joy I live, in sacred joy I melt.

I started working out with a trainer and I immediately saw results.

I wanted to write about what we were doing at the French Laundry, the recipes and the stories.