Successful people have control over the time in their life. A shoemaker who owns his own shop gets up one morning and says, "I'm not opening." That's a successful guy.

The most important thing is to be whatever you are without shame.

That's not a villain, that's a man whose a victim of being in love with the wrong one.

The first thing that your should do when you win an Oscar is thank God. The second thing you should do is forget it. The third thing you should do is call your agent and tell him you need a job.

Man is a greater miracle than any god he ever invented.

Respecting differences is very difficult.

Success means controlling your own time. Time is the most important currency, but once you spend it, man, its gone.

I found out was, by the rhythm of my chewing, how I chewed fast, slow or what have you, I could tell the audience what my character was thinking and feeling.

Im not so sure that younger people today really appreciate the enormous bravery that went into the creation and production of that film, or how important a film at the time it really was.

Only after awhile. After it came out and people began to engage in discussions about the social reflections of the film that I realized it had an importance I hadn't thought of.

Communication without a purpose is artistic masturbation.

Grown ups’ could learn a lesson from watching cartoons.

You know what you are actually in love with? Integrity. The impossible. The clean, consistent, reasonable, self-faithful, the all-of-one-style, like a work of art.

I learned to always take on things I'd never done before. Growth and comfort do not coexist.

Satan rejoiced when Adam (peace be upon him) came out of Paradise, but he did not know that when a diver sinks into the sea, he collects pearls and then rises again.

The arrogance of the artist is a very profound thing, and it fortifies you.

I thought we were out of money!? You can't simultaneously fire teachers AND tomahawk missiles.

Beware the ire of the calm.

The first thing you have to do is acknowledge the basic and fundamental goodness of all beings. If you don't, then you are going to have conflict. That's at the core of Shambhala.

Starting writing is stressful and scary and hard, but also, it's just like going to the gym. You're just stiff and weird, and you can't do it as well.

How now, wit! Whither wander you?