Happiness quells thought. And work quells thought..

Somebody referred to me as a ringleader, which I wouldn't have classed myself as, but anyway, there you go..

There are many, many benefits to being known for whatever it is you do. To deny that would be sort of asinine and vulgar..

Become a documentarian of what you do..

We actors don't travel as tourists with a camera, we really get to enter the life of a place and get to know it..

We have got so many regulatory laws already that in general I feel that we would be just as well off if we didn't have any more..

My health is very much improved..

I'm a Midwesterner! Not being able to have a cheeseburger once in a while would be torture!.

Freebase? What's free about it?.

I like to do things that I develop from the ground up..

If you took away the color of Barack Obama's skin, nobody right now would be paying him any attention..

The image is an image..

Don't take it so seriously..

I have not been a success, and probably never will be..

What always was must always be..

Never let the things money can buy, rob you of the things money can't buy..

My marriage has worked because I am not around much..

I guess anyone would be nervous to give your life over to someone to make a film about it..

I'm open to working anywhere, but not on anything..

That was one of the virtues of being a pessimist: nothing was ever as bad as you thought it would be..

I assumed that everything would lead to complete failure, but I decided that didn't matter – that would be my life..