The difference between a hero and a coward is one step sideways.

I was trained to be an actor, not a star. I was trained to play roles, not to deal with fame and agents and lawyers and the press.

Like a duck on the pond. On the surface everything looks calm, but beneath the water those little feet are churning a mile a minute.

Things parents say to children are oftentimes not heard, but in some cases you pick up on things that your parent would like to see you have done.

I do not like assassins, or men of low character.

Dysfunctional families have sired a number of pretty good actors.

Seventy-five per cent of being successful as an actor is pure luck. The rest is just endurance.

Honesty isn't enough for me. That becomes very boring. If you can convince people what you're doing is real and it's also bigger than life - that's exciting.

Hollywood loves to typecast, and I guess they saw me as a violent guy.

My wife and I take what we call our Friday comedy day off. We watch standup comics on TV. The raunchier the better. We love Eddie Izzard.

Don't piss in my ear and tell me it's raining.

With jealousy, a parasite takes root in your heart. It becomes a cancer that eats away at your soul.

Stories are just lies made to look like truth.

Insights don't usually arrive at my desk, but go into notebooks when I'm on the move. Or half-asleep.

The voice of our original self is often muffled, overwhelmed, even strangled, by the voices of other people’s expectations.

I don't even want to have things associated with my name on the internet - it's very dangerous.

~My favorite thing about my son is that he comes home from school and the clothes go flying! Like, clothes off, right down to the undies.~

You live more for 5 minutes going fast on a bike than other people do in all of their life.

Science fiction is fantasy with bolts painted on outside.

You don't just decide to destroy a person by making up stuff, and no one at 'SNL' is writing to go after someone.

I think, a secret love is something none of your friends would understand. And it's like a fairy tale, but more serious.