Like everyone else, I try to do quality work with great directors. But much of it has to do with luck.

Every morning I have something to do, I'm better off. It's bad to get up and not have something to do.

Life has never been easy. Nor is it meant to be. It is a matter of being joyous in the face of sorrow.

I hope more people will ask diamond companies to continue changing the way they do business in Africa.

I think you grow up wanting to be a racing driver. Then it dawns on you that it's not going to happen.

The Joan Crawford that I've heard about in 'Mommie Dearest' is not the Joan Crawford I knew back when.

I'm doing a Dylan Thomas film, Map of Love, with Mick Jagger producing again. It's a wonderful script.

New Zealand is a pretty no-nonsense place to work, like Australia. I mean it doesn't falter to anyone.

I feel cheated never being able to know what it's like to get pregnant, carry a child and breast-feed.

I feel cheated never being able to know what it's like to get pregnant, carry a child and breast feed.

Dark Blue is ultimately a gritty crime drama, at its core. I don't think that is ever going to change.

I was concerned about filling my life up with something important to me. To me, it was just necessary.

I always think of comedy as being spontaneous, and yet everything about filmmaking is not spontaneous.

Boxing, in the most general terms, is a poor man's sport. All you have is your hands to make a living.

It hasn't been a totally smooth road, but in the whole span of things I feel like a very lucky person.

Young people know how to use these social networking tools, and they know how to use them effectively.

I grew up actually reading 'The Hobbit,' not 'The Lord of the Rings.' I loved 'The Hobbit' growing up.

Hannibal Burress is my polar opposite in energy. I can be crazy, and he grounds the 'Eric Andre Show.'

I've been extremely lucky to be a part of these really great shows that have gotten so much attention.

Every day, there's something that makes you go, 'Is this Funny or Die?' That can't be a real headline.

I'm old-school. I like action, but I want to see somebody fall in love. I want to see that life stuff.

I always see about six scuffles a night when I come to San Francisco. That's one of the town's charms.

When I was a kid, the only way I saw movies was from the back seat of my family's car at the drive-in.

Fellow made me a $10 bet I couldnt quit, and I havent had a drink since. At the time I needed the $10.

I wound up signing to RCA Victor as a trumpeter, guesting on shows like Jackie Gleason's Honeymooners.

Over the years, El Perro del Mar became this artist that, every record that came out, I just loved it.

I just look back, and I say, you know, Christopher Guest just raised my whole career to another level.

Impatience has a poor track record for perfection. Getting things right usually includes calming down!

I have four strikes against me. I'm black, I'm short, I'm intelligent, and I have a medical condition.

'Nil By Mouth' was a bit autobiographical, but as I always pointed out at the time, that's not my dad.

I can't imagine childhood without 'Planet of the Apes.' I was nine or ten when the first one came out.

My grandmother was a Muslim. My mother is Christian. And I don't know what I am, but I believe in God.

I had improvised a lot in classes and at the Actors Studio, but I never did it in front of the camera.

A chiropractor accomplished in three weeks what the army doctors haven't been able to do in two years.

The wine I produce is not for keeping. Its the wine you want when meeting friends for a game of cards.

Nothing ever changes as far as Westerns are concerned. They are the same today as they were years ago.

I grew up in Queensland, and my dad was a tradesman and my mum an insurance agent, both self-employed.

You do need to maintain some of yourself and know who you are, but that doesn't mean you can't evolve.

I wonder if these editors, why they're not writers sometimes, because they know so much about writing.

When man began to think he was a separate person with a separate soul, it created a violent situation.

I mean, we had on our show, we had marriages, divorces and other stuff going on. And that was just me.

I like to go full bore into something. If you have a backup plan, then you've already admitted defeat.

The only reason to make a million dollars in this business is to tell some fat producer to go to hell.

It's not easy to shout against real elements. The elements are big, and the human voice is very small.

The conventional wisdom is that if you are gay, you cannot play the romantic straight lead in a movie.

Maybe one of the only things I do well: I cook like a maniac! I would be a chef if I weren't an actor.

I'm a big crier in general. The right life insurance commercial will take me out for a couple of days.

I want to be in 'Avatar'. I want somebody to hire me to be Superman, a Chinese Superman or Spider-Man.

When I was a child, I was very poor and wanted everything. So when I got money, I began buying things.

I Should Just Stop Tweeting, The Human Consciousness Must Raise Before I Speak My Juvenile Philosophy.

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