Sometimes I have songs born out of stories..

A lot of kids, when they go to church, they don't really pay much attention to what they're saying or whatever..

After you've done 60-something movies, you're always looking for something different..

Songwriting and screenwriting aren't that different to me..

If you're in the heyday of rock and roll and movies, and that's where I grew up. We didn't have to look for it. We didn't have to create angst. We di….

I actually am a phobic twitchy sort of nervous guy..

Marketing is the devil..

I figured I would have to tell someone to kiss my ass before it was all over, and I have -- twice..

Movies now, you can watch a trailer for a movie on TV now and you're not sure if it's a video game or a movie. You have to wait till the end of it to….

Getting the nomination is like gravy. Winning would be like whatever is better than gravy..

I attribute all my success to ignorance. If you don't ever think about not getting where you want to be, I think it helps you out..

I always have an idea before we even start the movie because if you hire the wrong person, within a couple of days you're going to know that and you'….

Life is magical and I guess my thing is I wish that people wanted that magic..

If you love somebody let them know every day..

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

When you weigh 135 pounds and you're telling people who are 6'4" and 250 pounds to get out of your way, how do you do that? Well, a lot of that is in….

I've danced one time in my life. It was the most mortifying experience I ever had..

I've lived in California for half of my life. It's weird, everyone thinks of me as this guy who's from the South ... I'm really a Californian..

I've been largely an improvisational actor for most of my career..

When I was coming up, if you were on a TV show, that meant something was wrong with your career. Now it means something's right with your career..

Robert Duvall taught me years ago. He said, "You know theatre is not real. I don't like plays." You know, he doesn't like plays. And I agree with him….