Time keeps no measure when true friends are parted, No record day by day; the sands move not for those who, loyal-hearted, friendship's firm laws obey.

There's only two people in your life you should lie to... the police and your girlfriend.

People who speak in metaphors should shampoo my crotch.

My whole career strategy has been to build a base so that I could take the roles I want to play. I'd hate to think that a shorter part might not be available because I was worried about my billing.

I'm Irish. I think about death all the time.

Beer, it's the best damn drink in the world.

With my sunglasses on, I'm Jack Nicholson. Without them, I'm fat and 60.

The minute that you're not learning I believe you're dead.

Human beings are always going to find interesting ways of making a mess of their lives. It's human nature.

I don't think many people have a very good understanding of leisure and the importance it plays in our lives.

Men dominate because of physicality, and thus they have mercy where women do not.

The spoon’s color does not change the soup’s taste.

An artist's domain was private, a haven for practicing and experimenting, the one place where failure was still allowed.

My advice to everybody would be to go out as much as possible and deal with social inequality and environmental degradation because these issues are increasingly prescient.

It's one of the secrets of strength: We're so much more likely to find it in the service of others than in service to ourselves.

There is room for everyone; there is room for every culture, race, language and point of view.

Burgundy makes you think of silly things; Bordeaux makes you talk about them, and Champagne makes you do them.

If you can get a twelve year-old kid to go listen to Thelonius Monk, what more do you want? Do you want a big pile of cash, too? That's a home run for me.

The beauty of the band was you never knew what was going to come out next.

Actors always have things that they're not thrilled about on a show and have a hobby of bellyaching about those things.

When people are getting richer and richer but they're not actually producing anything, it can't end well.