"And I think what people in New Jersey have gotten to know about me over the last decade that I've been in public life is what you see is what you get. And I'm no different when I'm sitting with you than I am when I'm at home or anyplace else."

"You know, I think what the American people want more than anything else right now is someone who's just going to look them in the eye and tell them the truth, even some truths that they don't like. And - but they have to believe the person's speaking from their heart and are authentic."

"It's not that I'm universally loved. We know I'm not in New Jersey. But what they do say in New Jersey is, 'We like him, and we think he's telling us the truth.' I think we need to have that type of politics on the national level."

"And I think if the president's made a mistake here, it's this laid-back kind of approach where he's waiting for someone else to solve the problem. Some people say it's a political strategy. No matter what it is, it's not effective in solving problems."

"The rule for effective governance is simple. It is one Ronald Reagan knew by heart. And one that he successfully employed with Social Security and the Cold War. When there is a problem, you fix it. That is the job you have been sent to do and you cannot wait for someone else to do it for you."

"This country pays a price whenever our economy fails to deliver rising living standards to our citizens - which is exactly what has been the case for years now. We pay a price when our political system cannot come together and agree on the difficult but necessary steps to rein in entitlement spending or reform our tax system."

"I've always said there is a boulevard that exists between compromising your principles and getting everything you want. Now, we should never compromise our principles. And I never have. Those are the things that people vote for you on, that's the core of who you are. But there's always a boulevard between that and getting everything you want."

"Now, in New Jersey, we have more government workers per square mile than any state in America. But since I've been governor we now have fewer people on the state payroll at any time since Christie Whitman left office in January 2001. That's the right direction, Mr. President, not the wrong direction."

"The job of a leader, the job of a governor, the job of a president, is to get the people in the room and bang enough heads together and rub enough arms and cajole enough to have them put the country and the state's greater interest ahead of their own personal partisan interest. That's what we did in New Jersey and that's the model for America."

"I believe we have become paralyzed, paralyzed by our desire to be loved. Now our founding fathers had the wisdom to know that social acceptance and popularity were fleeing, and that this country's principles needed to be rooted in strengths greater than the passions and the emotions of the times."

"And the greatest lesson that mom ever taught me though was this one. She told me there would be times in your life when you have to choose between being loved and being respected. Now she said to always pick being respected."

"They said it was impossible to touch the third rail of politics, to take on public-sector unions and to reform a pension and health benefits system that was headed to bankruptcy. But with bipartisan leadership, we saved taxpayers $132 billion dollars over 30 years and saved retirees their pensions. We did it."

"I'm still fighting really hard to get any role I get. If it's comedy, I go for the laughs. And if it's drama, I try to tell the truth, and try to play the real stakes of whatever scenario the character's in."

"With moviemaking, you can be halfway around the world for six months. So there are amazing benefits to doing TV, and with the platform change and the way it is, I would never ever rule out doing TV again."

"I surprised myself with my ability to run. It's kind of like tippy toe running. I would not be able to outrun Indominus Rex, but with enough practice I might be able to make it 40 or 50 feet before I was killed."

"Film is cool because it's an hour and a half to two hours. It's a great ride. It's typically three acts - beginning, middle and end. It's going on an adventure and by the end it's all cleaned up."

"I have a lot of plants and fish and a pet lizard and Venus flytraps. I have a whole ecosystem in my room, like a running waterfall and different lights and sensors set on digital timers."

"I'm happy to try any genre, from drama to comedy and anything in between. Although, to be fair, for most of my career, I've been at the mercy of what people are willing to put me in."

"What's so great about TV is that you can get an opportunity to tell really rich stories, over the course of so many hours. It's like a novel of this type of medium."

"Being in good physical shape is the best way to combat depression. You just have endorphins running around your body. It is the best anti-depressive that there is."

"I love 'Capote.' Huge fan of Philip Seymour Hoffman; if he's not my all-time favorite actor he's definitely in my top five. I just love him so much."

"It's really nice to have someone who's intelligent and articulate to talk to about what you're doing, because it's a big part of who we are."

"Nick Offerman is my hero. He just cracks me up. He's so funny, but he's a true actor, too - he's bringing so much when he's onscreen."

"When you look at pictures of me, the longer my hair is, the longer my facial hair is, that's just the longer I haven't gotten a job."

"Some people fast, some people go on a cruise or visit a day spa. I get out in the woods with a rifle or a bow. That's my release."

"I think any man over 250 pounds rollerblading is instant hilarity. There's nothing funnier than a giant, grown man rollerblading."

"You can't have a laugh track that sort of tells the audience when to laugh and, you know, it's difficult to find those moments."

"As an actor it's always easier to shave or cut your hair for a role, but it's hard to put fake hair on or grow hair for a role."

"I would definitely not rule out doing television, in the future, because I think it's a great medium for telling stories."

"If one day someone came up to me and was like, 'Look, you're never going to act again,' I don't know what I would do."

"I just feel like, if I drink, I want to drink a case of beer and not two beers. Two beers doesn't do anything for me."

"I have some weird habits. For instance, I love beets. Show me a salad bar and I will clean them out of their beets."

"I've eaten weird things through the course of my life. I've eaten wild game, I've eaten possum - possum's no good."

"Leslie, I typed your symptoms into the thing up here and it says you could have network connectivity problems."

"I lose my cell phone so much that I switch it every month or so, but Sony Ericsson is usually what I use."

"Both 'OC' and 'Everwood,' there were people on set where you learned to stay away from them on a bad day."

"Perfect sandwich? Two slices of white bread, mustard, mayo and a platinum American Express card."

"I went from 220 pounds that I cut down for 'Moneyball' to almost 270-280 pounds for 'Ten Year.'"

"A good corroborating chain, if they fail in the last link, the whole will fall to the ground."

"Actors come up and just blatantly hit on my wife in front of me and don't even look at me."

"I don't have any delusions. I don't think I would make it through Navy SEAL training."

"I'd love to work with Steve Martin. I'd love to work with Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd."

"I loved to always get naked. I was very free, so I thought, I may as well get paid."

"My favorite way to blow off steam is to sing obnoxiously loud in the shower."

"Just be yourself and forget all of the stuff you read in 'GQ' magazine."

"You can pour melted ice cream on regular ice cream. It's like a sauce!"

"I married way out of my pay grade. I have no idea how that happened."

"If you wait for things to be perfect you'll just miss out on life."

"To go to the Oscars for 'Moneyball' - that was pretty amazing."

"I like to do 'Garfield Mondays': lasagna and napping in a box."