top of page
Quotes by Actor

"I'll work overtime to open the doors of opportunity to industry and commerce."

"One of the advantages of being a captain is being able to ask for advice without necessarily having to take it."


"I learned much more about acting from philosophy courses, psychology courses, history and anthropology than I ever learned in acting class."

"Sometimes the only way you can feel good about yourself is by making someone else look bad. And I'm tired of making other people feel good about themselves."

"There is one confrontation scene toward the end of the picture. In the middle of the scene, I thought, That's Sean Connery! I don't know how else to describe Sean Connery. I still feel that way."

"Clooney is just a pretty boy, man, and that's it, OK? I carried him on my back long enough. I'm on my own."

"I think I was immediately fed, so food became a very important part of my life."


"I didn't care about that because I'm not a diplomatic person to begin with. I just went along with things and did what I wanted to do because I knew they had to shoot their 12 pages a day. And when they realized that I didn't alter the text they really didn't mind what I did."


"Involvement in public affairs is a legitimate use of celebrity."

"Being closer to the genesis of this whole period, it captured the importance of the concept of making contact and accurately depicted the paranoia of the time. It's an excellent film."

"I don't find movies interesting. I just want to do the movies that made me interested in getting into movies, and they're few and far between."

"I worked for the recreation and parks department for a year."

"Nobody is going to be as bad for free thinking, right-minded individuals than George Bush."

"My favorite characters are the ones that are the most successful movies."

"I'm one of those cliff-hanging Catholics. I don't believe in God, but I do believe that Mary was his mother."


"I get to meet a lot of people, and I really like people."

"The money is better in films and television. But in terms of acting, theatre is more rewarding."


"I shot this wonderful picture called American Saint a couple of years ago, which is still looking for release."

"I don't read my own reviews and I haven't for probably 15 years. I read other people's reviews, though."

"I was the fattest baby in Clark County, Arkansas. They put me in the newspaper. It was like a prize turnip."
Baby,

"Leadership requires the courage to make decisions that will benefit the next generation."

"The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Barbra Streisand, Bruce Springsteen, these are just some of the people who threatened to sue if we used their songs."


"Writing a book is such a full-time job. If you're away for a few days, you have to start again."

"I'm sort of in for a penny, in for a pound with Star Trek, It's my life at this point. To deny it would just be foolish."
Life,

"Well, my brother was a schizophrenic, so I understood it in a different way from seeing my brother."
bottom of page