“I love kids, but they are a tough audience.”

Canada is like a loft apartment over a really great party.

Compassionate conservative. I don’t know what that is, it sounds like a Volvo with a gun rack.

I do believe in love; it’s wonderful – especially love third time around, it’s even more precious; it’s kind of amazing.

You’re only given a little spark of madness. You mustn’t lose it.

The great thing about marriage is the idea of really getting to know someone. And really getting to know a woman is a life long task.

Our job is improving the quality of life, not just delaying death.

You know what music is? God’s little reminder that there’s something else besides us in this universe; harmonic connection between all living beings, every where, even the stars.

I love doing live action movies, but there’s a great job in doing animation, especially one with music.

No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.

No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.

The Statue of Liberty is no longer saying, ‘Give me your poor, your tired, your huddled masses.’ She’s got a baseball bat and yelling, You want a piece of me?

The human spirit is more powerful than any drug – and that is what needs to be nourished: with work, play, friendship, family. These are the things that matter.

Being a functioning alcoholic is kind of like being a paraplegic lap dancer: You can do it, just not as well as the others, really.

I’m sorry, if you were right, I’d agree with you.

Real loss is only possible when you love something more than you love yourself.

Sometimes you got to specifically go out of your way to get into trouble. It’s called fun.

I would like to get rid of the homophobes, sexists, and racists in our audience. I know they’re out there and it really bothers me.

Writing a description for this thing for general audiences is bloody hard. There’s nothing to relate it to.

I would love to have an ocean of love right now. That said, the number-one rule of acting is, ‘Do not seek approval from the audience.’ People don’t realize that. You can’t do stuff to get applause. You have to live in the truth.

I don’t seek validation outside, not even with the audience. Today they like me, but tomorrow they may hate me. I don’t want to be anybody’s role model.

I’ve never been one to sit back and go, ‘I’d better do what the audience wants me to do, because I don’t want to lose them.’

I think I have an inner confidence that my tastes are pretty simple, that what I find funny finds a wide audience.

Audiences believe what you believe. It’s a matter of believing yourself. If I believe me, then you’ve got no choice. None at all.

When I play for the people, every time I play for my audience they are hypnotized, seen. These guys know the potential of the music.