The critics had an image of me, and they wouldn't accept any other... I was a cartoon character. A joke.

Ever since I was four years old, I loved making people smile, making them think, making them feel good, feel some kind of emotion.

I've always tried to do my very best, and I want to be the very best age, whatever age I am.

For me, a kitchen is like science fiction. I only go there to open the refrigerator and take something out.

Age is such a natural progression you shouldn't fight it.

Film is, to me, just unimportant. But people are very important.

Surviving isn't around us, but in us.

A learned man who doesn’t restrain his passions is like a blind man holding a torch, he guides others but not himself.

Philanthropists should find innovations that release the energies of people. Individuals don't want to be taken care of --they need to be given a chance to fulfill their own potential. (142)

The greatest good we can do in helping others become what they can become will be to lead them to the Savior.

I would immediately start working on the military [as a President] . We have to build up our depleted military. And I would start working on repealing and replacing Obamacare.

Either one does not dream, or one does so interestingly. One should learn to spend one's waking life in the same way: not at all, or interestingly.

Whenever monarchs err, the people are punished. [Lat., Quidquid delirant reges, plectuntur Achivi.]

Yeah, the actors really come in as lumps of clay. We're ready to work with the directors and find our way. These guys really come in having done their work.

I used to think that running an organization was equivalent to conducting a symphony orchestra. But I don't think that's quite it; it's more like jazz. There is more improvisation.