Callista Gingrich. Karen Santorum. Ann Romney. Now do you really think our country is ready for a white first lady?

The director respects what they've hired you for and chosen you for: to do the part and respect what you're doing.

In acting, I always try to go back to what would actually be the real situation, the real human behavior in life.

I think it's important to have had at least a few years of obscurity, where people treat you like everybody else.

Sometimes if you have financial restraints, it's a benefit. It forces you to come up with a more creative way.

If De Niro wants to spend the twilight of his career as the McDonald's of master thespians, we can't stop him.

One of the things about acting is it allows you to live other people's lives without having to pay the price.

Somebody steals from me, I'm gonna say you stole. Not talk to him for spitting on the sidewalk. Understand?

You have to think about one shot. One shot is what it's all about. A deer's gotta be taken with one shot.

When I think of a good restaurant, it's where the food has been consistent; there's always a consistency.

You learned the two greatest thing in life, never rat on your friends, and always keep your mouth shut.

I always say people can call me anything they want as long as they don't call me late for supper.

Write down everything you want to do with your life and then spend the next 25 years doing them.

It's important not to indicate. People don't try to show their feelings, they try to hide them.

One regret I have: I didn't get as much of the family history as I could have for the kids.

You draw on whatever’s relevant to the part you’re playing; it makes it more personal.

There is only one way to gain access to the truth and that is to not expect anything.

I have either a cucumber martini, gin martini, or a vodka martini. That's it. Simple.

As an actor, you use the things from yourself that you can apply to the character.

Certain writers have it very precise and there's not much room to add something.

I don't remember what made me want to be an actor. In fact, I'm always curious.

I can get around pretty easily. People don't expect to see me walking around.

Time goes on. So whatever you're going to do, do it. Do it now. Don't wait.

There is a certain combination of anarchy and discipline in the way I work.

The hardest thing about being famous is that people are always nice to you.

If it's the right chair, it doesn't take too long to get comfortable in it.

The one thing I always talk about in terms of restaurants is consistency.

Some day a real rain will come and wash all the scum off the streets.

I don't like to watch my own movies - I fall asleep in my own movies.

You don't just play a part. You've got to earn the right to play it.

Feeling a little bit alive is a lot better than just waiting to die.

Reputation, you know – a lifetime to build, seconds to destroy.

I have to be able to trust you with my life. Do you understand?

There's nothing more ironic or contradictory than life itself.

If you don't co-operate you're gonna suffer from fistophobia.

Better to be king for a night than a schmuck for a lifetime.

The older you get, the more you know about certain things.

Thank God for the rain to wash the trash off the sidewalk.

I never walk into a place I don't know how to walk out of.

I certainly know the difference between right and wrong.

My definition of a good hotel is a place I'd stay at.

You do what you do best, try to stop guys like me

If we do a sequel, I want to beat somebody's ass!

Whenever there is any doubt, there is no doubt.

Things rarely turn out the way we want them to.

Loneliness has been following me my whole life.

You'll have time to rest when you're dead.

The saddest thing in life is wasted talent

You don't need words to express feelings.

Passion should always trump common sense.