You're never quite sure, when you first get something if you really have a sense of what an opportunity it is.

It's changed throughout the years, but at one time I was a really big bubble gum ice cream fan. I'd spit the bubble gum pieces in a cup and then collect them.

I punch a lot of guys on set. It's much easier than in real life as your hands don't hurt afterwards. The key is that you miss.

It's easy to be quick on the draw when no one has got real bullets.

Sometimes, people aren't as consciously aware of their decisions as they should be.

I'm attracted to roles that are unpredictable, and if I can get my hands on something like that, I'm thrilled. I like performances where you don't know what's coming, moment to moment.

As the saying goes, Bruce Jenner is a millionaire, and Mark Spitz is a dentist. It's the wrong sport.

Being an actor: that's a pretty big net. That's a big playing field. The Screen Actors' Guild is filled with many, many, many, many people and vastly different careers.

What am I going to wear to the Emmys? Something with a tie.

I've always sort of admired and respected one's ability to be comfortable with other people's discomfort or, you know, their being comfortable making other people uncomfortable.

Like any good parent you are trying to get the kid in a position where he is stronger and more powerful, and able to achieve things that you couldn't.

Everyone is pretty good at learning. Very few are good at doing.

It was founded upon a rock.

It is difficult to deal successfully, he decided, with a woman whose feelings cannot be hurt.

I saw that [music] reflected in my mother when we listened to these records [of Bob Gordon]. And I felt it too.

I'm honored to be at the side of Michele Bachmann. She is a great congresswoman. She is a great human being, and she is a true American patriot.

I designed collections around whatever struck my fancy ... fruits, vegetables, politics, or peacocks!

Everyone says you should get a photo taken of yourself while you're pregnant. I've got a film [War of the Worlds]. It'll be nice for my daughter, too, to look at one day. She was in it.

One good thing about being a woman is we haven't too many examples yet of what a genius looks like. It could be me.

I want somebody athletic, outgoing, at least two inches taller than I am, rugged, very outdoorsy, a leader, someone who would overpower me.

A man is judged by the company he keeps, and a company is judged by the men it keeps, and the people of Democratic nations are judged by the type and caliber of officers they elect.