Being an actor means being an instrument for someone else. I want to give myself completely.

Tell him he can have my title, but I want it back in the morning.

There are a lot of films that are drug dramas, and we didn't want to tell Scarface again.

What I think happens today is that a lot of filmmakers look at other films that are retro pieces, like L.A. Confidential, and say, oh, that's period. We didn't want to do the stereotypical stuff.

If we want to secure the best jobs in the future, we must make America the best place in the world to do business.

Motorists who want to save money on gas will demand and buy more fuel-efficient vehicles. We should not limit their freedom with more government regulations.

This is how it has been since time began: If you want to make something really worthwhile and true, then you have to suffer for it.

I love acting and I still want to do it, but I've such an instinct for directing, it's something that comes naturally to me. It's why I'm here on this planet.

I don't want to go to the Bahamas on holiday. I hate islands. I want to go to Brittany, where it's cold and raining, and there's nothing fancy about it.

We have to struggle against the conservatives from all sides, not only the right-wingers, but also the left-wing conservatives who don't want to change anything.

I quit my job just to quit. I didn't quit my job to write fiction. I just didn't want to work anymore.

Men with secrets tend to be drawn to each other, not because they want to share what they know but because they need the company of the like-minded, the fellow afflicted.

You know, the Democrats want to balance the budget by raising spending and raising taxes. The Soviet Union had a balanced budget.

First of all, I always see the sun! The way I want to identify myself and others is with halos here and there halos, movements of color. And that, I believe, is rhythm.

Straight girls like me. They flirt with me to get whatever they want. Of course it works.