Timing is everything, as you know.

If you look around at the people in show business today they are basically the people who didn't give up.

I'm an avid biography reader.

I try not to make plans. Because, even the best laid plans etc. etc.

Certainly I find it most interesting to play a role that I can invent from nothing.

I think the potential for man is so enormous, if we can stay alive long enough, we're going to be seeing a lot of what Star Trek is projecting.

People think that being on Star Trek is career suicide, but it's really just the opposite

I think it's the business part of the word show business that causes me the most concern.

When I go to the old folks' home, I'm gonna be sitting in a rocking chair, telling everybody how I worked with Jack [Lemmon] and Walter [Matthau].

My own personal favorite Cher song is the unforgettable Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves.

[The Aviator] came about through John Logan, who I've been friends with for many years.

Many will call me an adventurer - and that I am, only one of a different sort: one of those who risks his skin to prove his truths.

Winter must be cold for those with no warm memories.

Don't ever sell mankind short by saying there's anything he can't do, ever, or anything that he isn't going to do.

The U.S. withdrawal from the Kyoto protocol endangers the entire process.

Subjecting yourself to vigourous training is more for the sake of forging a resolute spirit that can vanquish the self than it is for developing a strong body.

Wouldn't it be dreadful to live in a country where they didn't have tea?

No man is free who cannot control himself.

There is no such thing as perfect security, only varying levels of insecurity.

I have tons of fans in Canada. I've sold hundreds of thousands of books there.

The great hope of society is in individual character