He took me from not being able to write a word in terms of writing screenplays to being the king of wooden dialogue.
When you are a beginning film maker you are desperate to survive. The most important thing in the end is survival and being able to get to your next picture.
Life, is not a having and a getting, but a being and a becoming.
War is being declared tomorrow here so perhaps you can understand that I have been working under difficulties, but difficulties negligible compared with what others have to go through.
Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervade the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character.
I liked being a teenager, but I would not go back for all the tea in China.
Sobriety was the greatest gift I ever gave myself. I don't put it on a platform. I don't campaign about it. It's just something that works for me. It enabled me to really connect with another human being - my wife, Sheryl - which I was never able to do before.
The '80s were about trying to establish myself as an actor with a career. And being a teenager enjoying the fruits of being successful with lots of what I think is appropriate for that age.
I like being a big fish in a small pond. I'm not interested in a huge audience because it brings headaches.
There's nothing I like more than being on a dance floor with a thousand people feeling love for humanity.
You, the actor, must be aware of when you're being funny, but the character you're playing should always be oblivious to the fact.
I'm really in no danger of being perceived as a famous movie actor!
Climatologists are all agreed that we'd be lucky to see the end of this century without the world being a totally different place, and being 8 or 9 degrees hotter on average.
Being a rock star is like being a cult leader - you really have to be in your own religion.
Being a rock widow is not my job, so I would hire people to do it for me.