Far as I can tell, I still have most of my hair, my gut is not hanging over my belt, and I still have all of my teeth.

The way the mind decodes music is an individual mystery. But the physical circumstances can change the way you listen.

As a kid I used to pretend I was John Denver, of all people, and play the guitar and sing Take Me Home, Country Roads.

You always have to figure out what the director is good at before you work with them; then you can fill in if need be.

I have a penchant for playing God's clowns. Actually, I played Nijinsky once, and he used to call himself God's clown.

I watch films. I play the guitar: me and some mates - I wouldnt dignify it with the term band - get together and play.

Trees Lounge is based on my own life. Both my parents like the movie. My father, of course, thinks it's a masterpiece.

If I'd had a great level of success early on, who knows how I would have responded. I might have been a complete jerk.

No one has a monopoly on wisdom, and even for people who aren't religious, you can learn things from religious people.

Do not ignore you gift. Your gift is the thing you do the absolute BEST with the LEAST amount of effort."~Steve Harvey

College totally changed my life. It changed what I believe and what I think about everything. I majored in philosophy.

Hollywood must be the only place on earth where you can be fired by a man wearing a Hawaiian shirt and a baseball cap.

When your hobbies get in the way of your work - that's OK; but when your hobbies get in the way of themselves... well.

I find it very satisfying to write because you can purge many things and vent what you feel under the mask of fiction.

I may be 80, but I intend to keep acting until the day I die. Instead of slowing down, I've discovered my second wind.

What's hard, it seems, is living up to the expectations Democracy imposes upon those who would participate in society.

I didn't do choreographed fighting for a living. I was a professional wrestler for 15 years; there's a big difference.

I love cooking. I like to make lasagna - its authentic Italian-style. I also do a great chicken recipe for a barbecue.

A lot of times, you do independent films for passion because you may even lose money doing one, but it doesn't matter.

My favorite snack would have to be Fritos, no doubt about it. Fritos and mayonnaise. I know. Really healthy, isn't it?

You just put yourself into your work, and you can do anything you want, depending on how hard you want to work for it.

In my personal life, I was quite a different Boy Next Door than the one Mr. and Mrs. Middle America imagined me to be.

Of course, everyone would like to play a superhero, but this is by no means me saying I would like to go play Cyclops.

I like to have fun, but I don't think of myself as being funny. But I'm a big jokester, so I make fun of myself a lot!

When I was growing up, it was a bad time to be in the military. It was the time of Vietnam, but I was never called up.

I jog at the Rose Bowl, and I collect antique and vintage furniture, so I'm there every few weeks for the flea market.

No doubt unity is something to be desired, to be striven for, but it cannot be willed into being by mere declarations.

Principally, I'll give anything a chance, only because the greatest challenges are the ones that you never see coming.

I was sad to leave 'Downton,' but I will always remember it fondly, as they did me a lot of favours. I owe them a lot.

Being a movie star is stressful as hell. You've got to do crunches all day long. You've got to get up and learn lines.

I always wanted to be an actor. I was one of those lucky kids - or cursed kids - who always knew what he wanted to do.

There's the theory that nudity doesn't really make something sexy; the characters and their relationship make it sexy.

The people I've met have been inherently delicious and warm and appreciative. It makes those 14-hour-days so worth it.

Lis Sladen was very important to me, you know. When I joined the little world of 'Doctor Who', Lis was already a star.

There are so many people in film and television that get between a performer and the audience, and that's frustrating.

Drew is a wonderful woman. I love her very much. I wish our marriage could have worked out. I wish her much happiness.

I essentially have always directed everything on my TV show without using that title; I edited and wrote all my stuff.

Make sure you tell the people you love that you love them. Loudly and often. You never know when it might be too late.

Relationships are super complicated and always have dark and light in them. And all good sexual relationships do, too.

I have the person at home, the person who has his privacy, too. Michael Jackson didn't do the moonwalk in his kitchen.

Love isn't a decision. It's a feeling. If we could decide who we loved,it would be much simpler, but much less magical

You hope for the best, but it's really OK if you don't win. They say it's just nice to be nominated, and it really is.

I don't like popcorn, and I think it's so annoying when people have popcorn in the theaters. That is the loudest food.

Seven years after my mother's passing, I still reach for the phone for a split second to call her. We spoke every day.

I collect chairs and lights, which obviously means I want to sit in the light - not surprising for an actor I suppose.

She is sloppy, careless, and have many flaws here and there, but she is so honest and innocent like she's still a kid.

I'm not just an actor born in L.A. I was born in the Griffith Park Hospital. You can't get any more clichéd than that.

I have a multicultural background, so I tend to have an open mind about things, and I find other cultures interesting.

'The Road' is about that fear that all parents can have - 'What's going to happen to your child if you're not around?'

There is nothing you can do to assuage your conscience when you commit sins. Crime is a spiritual assault on the soul.

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