Turkeys are misunderstood. Once I adopted turkeys, I understood this large bird to be a great companion.

There was a golden retriever who saved countless lives on September 11 by going back in to find people. His companion was in a wheelchair. He got him out and kept going back in to save others.

No animal has to suffer for me to live.

Of all the projects I've worked on, I've never worked with another director like Billy Friedkin. I think he's a genius.

We have a deep need to affiliate, to be around people, and no creature on earth spends as much of its life depending on others as we do

Its difficult to understand why people don't realize that pets are gifts to mankind

The animals are right here, right in front of us. And how we treat these companions is a test.

One of the reasons I don't have kids is because I think people would have been very unfair to them. Think of it. You're still asking me questions about The Exorcist.

Modeling was pretty difficult back then. I did not find the business something that I had an interest in. I wanted to be a veterinarian.

For me reading the book [The Exorcist], I had the same questions that everyone else had. How does she jump up and down off the bed? How does her head spin around? How does she throw up?

If I had children, I would be very selfish. I wouldn't be out doing things. But by not having kids, it makes me freer to travel the world and talk about things I feel are important.

Render unto meditation the things that are meditation’s, and unto medication the things that are medication’s.

Man, surrounded by facts, permitting himself no surprise, no intuitive flash, no great hypothesis, no risk, is in a locked cell. Ignorance cannot seal the mind and imagination more securely.

A golfer rarely needs to hit a spectacular shot until the one that preceded it was pretty bad.

Right now, I feel like I can take on the world. Ambition is the perfect word for where I am in my life right now.

When someone is full of Love and Compassion, he cannot draw a line between two countries, two faiths or two religions.

I don't feel a yearning or a sense of missed opportunities. I don't have many regrets. So that's a nice feeling. To have no regrets and still have enough sense of adventure to take on risk.

Russian women are very friendly with makeup, almost too friendly sometimes.

Everybody makes mistakes. You have to be careful when you make your mistakes. Now is not a good time to make a mistake.

If you do please everyone, you are not making enough progress.