I think there are good men and women in all decades. We've grown cynical. And look at what we do to all our heroes: Churchill, FDR, Kennedy, they all had affairs. But heroic things happen every day.
When I make a film I'm away from home for two to three months. So I want my kids to look at my films one day and say, I love his movies, I love his choices-because he loved them.
Every day more Americans watch their jobs being shipped overseas.
Every day, hundreds of thousands of men and women protect and serve, often putting their own lives at risk.
In celebration of this Earth Day, I encourage all Members of the House to support legislation aimed at investing in the improvement of water quality in our Nation's lakes, rivers, streams and estuaries.
Then there is a still higher type of courage - the courage to brave pain, to live with it, to never let others know of it and to still find joy in life; to wake up in the morning with an enthusiasm for the day ahead.
That married couples can live together day after day is a miracle that the Vatican has overlooked.
Like everyone else who makes the mistake of getting older, I begin each day with coffee and obituaries.
It's fun. I sit down every day and tell stories. Some folk would kill to get that chance.
Of course some days are easier than others, but my worst day is better than being in most humdrum occupations.
I lay a lot of blame at the feet of Dusty Baker for not being more strict about fundamentals, which I think would give the team a stronger day-to-day identity.
It's like every day I'm born anew, without Jesus.
Once I found out how much an Off-Off-Broadway actor makes, I was whoring myself out the next day.
I didn't hang any pictures in my office for a year because I thought that I would be jinxing myself and have to take them down the next day.
For an actor, you're rejected eight or ten times a day. All you've got to sell is yourself. You're not selling products, they're not turning down a car, they're turning you down. Most people can't handle that. Most people are essentially not set up that way.