Romance was a game, like bridge, in which you said things instead of playing cards. Like bridge you had to pretend you were playing for money or playing for some stakes.

If something is wrong, fix it now. But train yourself not to worry, worry fixes nothing.

Before you react, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you criticize, wait. Before you quit, try.

The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too.

Critics are men who watch a battle from a high place then come down and shoot the survivors.

Worry a little bit every day and in a lifetime you will lose a couple of years. If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry: Worry never fixes anything.

Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.

The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.

The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.

I drink to make other people more interesting.

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.

cause when there's life there's still hope

Leadership is influencing others through modeling.

I want to rekindle the inner fire that is burning in you. I want it to come out to take away the darkness.

Your disbelief cures nothing.

Stereotyping as a term has a negative connotation.

Sometimes, things are just exercises.

I adore war. It is like a big picnic but without the objectivelessness of a picnic. I have never been more well or more happy.

Alexander Payne's very specific. His scripts are always complete when you start working on them.

...love triumphs, at least in this life, not by eliminating evil once for all, but by resisting and overcoming it anew every day.

I fear other actors who are not prepared. And I fear directors who are afraid.