There is also a strong following among the urbanites on the East Coast when it comes to martial arts films.

I'd imagine a great date would be to go skiing. Imagine going skiing. Go ski with someone, if they can ski.

You grow up a lot in terms of your understanding of the industry and how to deal with the corporate things.

Well, The Rock says this, you should be concerned with fixing yourself a nice, tall glass of shut-up juice!

Why do people say they wish every day was Friday? If it was always Friday, we'd be here every freakin' day.

That's actually a rare thing to be on a set full of people that you admire and make you laugh all the time.

I had a good job as a printer in the East End. Before the unions destroyed it, that job was very lucrative.

The only things stopping me today are: genetics, lack of will, income, brain chemistry and external events.

The Rated-R Superstar was usually a vile and horrible human being who had some moments of being a good guy.

I'd been offered TV series over the years and never had any interest in doing television. I'm not a TV guy.

I was very angsty from a very young age. The way people start acting when they're 15, I started being at 8.

To whatever degree you have as a celebrity or notoriety, there are people who see you as an opinion leader.

The most important thing for me as an actor playing a character is to make you laugh. That's my No. 1 goal.

You need to be a good screen partner. It's very meaningful to me to be a part of great acting performances.

I'm happy to work. I know things have changed recently, but I tend to prefer film. I don't know what it is.

No, no I'm not, no, but I just think... when people are naked it tells you a lot about their relationships.

The girl-next-door image is a sort of joke; for years, I couldnt get any roles other than as somebody dark.

Rocco paid me 35 bucks a week at Murray's Inn in South Jersey. People started asking Rocco to have me sing.

I don't consider myself a good actor at all. I just do what I want to do, and I'm just having fun doing it.

There are so many disagreements in the world, but I like the idea of people agreeing on something like art.

Steve Jobs was a real rock star to me. I looked forward to his products like people look forward to albums.

I never think I'm old enough to play someone's dad, even though I have a daughter of my own and a grandson.

When I was a kid, 'Star Wars' was it. Like, it's in your DNA. I'm old enough to have seen the original one.

I didn't want to do movies with hundreds of camels crossing the desert followed by tanks and this and that.

After Obama was elected president, the same day Proposition 8 was passed, there was this fire in our belly.

Invention, my dear friends, is 93% perspiration, 6% electricity, 4% evaporation, and 2% butterscotch ripple

To be honest with you, I get a little fed up with actors who act crazy to make themselves more interesting.

A lot of movie stars don't want to go to TV because of how hard you have to work. You have to be a soldier.

I love people. When you're engaged with society and trying to make it a better society, you're an optimist.

I don't eat bad stuff too much but I have my glass of wine as I am French and it would be insulting not to.

I look for the meaning in what's funny, and I look for what's funny about things that are meaningful to me.

The less friendly your relationship is on camera, the more useful it is to be friends with them off camera.

In high school, I didn't know what comedy was, but I was involved in speech and debate and public speaking.

Whoever has the best take is what matters. My challenge is finding the best take, and it'll always be that.

The control and understanding of our personal fears is one of the most important undertakings of our lives.

What I've learned from sketch is you can get it as perfect as you want, and it's never going to be perfect.

As always, there's a couple of things in the pipeline - but that pipeline is a strange and ambiguous place.

The only reason my work seems to be eclectic up to a certain period is because I was a failure as an actor.

Most actors are not rich - they are very poor indeed. What keeps them going is that they just love the job.

More people than not have seen me on television in swim shorts, so I don't have any problem stripping down.

Anyone who's trying to be there for their family and trying to take care of their children is a hero to me.

Let's face it, the great comedians now that are handicapped in the looks department are tremendous writers.

I wanted to join the Army when football failed. That was my only realistic form of making an honest living.

A lot of people ask me when I do a stunt, 'Jackie, are you scared?' Of course I'm scared. I'm not Superman.

Being a stunt coordinator, I have to take care not only of myself but I have to make sure everyone is safe.

I don't understand this whole Twitter, Facebook stuff. I don't get it. Make a phone call. Talk to somebody.

No matter what heights you achieve, even if you're Brad Pitt, the slide is coming, sure as death and taxes.

It felt good doing a physical job, and going home each evening feeling like I had really done a day's work.

I told my girlfriend that a praying mantis female eats its mate after copulation. She didn't take the hint.

It's fun to explore behavior that you can't explore in your own life, so you fool around with it in acting.

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