People think I'm a very serious actor, which I am. But you know, if you don't have a sense of humor doing what I do, you perish.

Everyone can walk and talk. Your job is to create magic.

It's better to live as your own man, than as a fool in someone else's dream.

You can have immediate regrets, but if you look at stuff and say, 'Things happen for a reason', there's a fatalistic thing about it. Something will happen that will justify it in some way

The real good comedians, like Chaplin, would make you laugh and a second later, cry

Everything that has happened to me is of value to me. As painful as certain things are, and have been, and were, there's a use for those things in my life and in my work

I'm very proud of Space 1999. Its success paved the way for other sci-fi shows to follow. My hope is that the DVD release will help it reach a new generation of fans

Bad guys don't think they're bad guys. Hitler probably thought he was a wonderful guy doing some wonderful and righteous work for Germany.

Doubt is a very important trait. Out of doubt comes thinking, decisions, choices. We learn stuff. We learn to make mistakes. Or not to.

I always treat each take as a rehearsal for the next take. That way you can find stuff and keep adding and playing until they tell me to stop

God is a luxury I can't afford.

Don't ignore your dreams, in them your soul is awake and you are your true self.

Why talk about something you can't do anything about?

Only diligence will give you wealth

I'm kind of a control freak. I like to be really prepared.

I am to a fault an introspective person. But I am not a reflective person - except for a big mistake, and then I really think about it.

The church didn't know what to do with Ray Charles or Al Green. And so they were kind of ostracized.

Radio... that wonderful invention by which I can reach millions of people... who fortunately can't reach me.

Deepika is one of my absolute favourite Bollywood actors. It is wonderful to have someone of her stature wearing my brand

When someone has a strong intuitive connection, Buddhism suggests that it's because of karma, some past connection.

Bad teaching is teaching which presents an endless procession of meaningless signs, words and rules, and fails to arouse the imagination.