“There’s a lot of great movies that have won the Academy Award, and a lot of great movies that haven’t. You just do the best you can.”

Always keep your ego in check and not be afraid to listen. Listening is a great art form.

It’s what people know about themselves inside that makes them afraid.

There’s a rebel lying deep in my soul. Anytime anybody tells me the trend is such and such, I go the opposite direction. I hate the idea of trends. I hate imitation; I have a reverence for individuality.

I’m trying to preach the idea that if we don’t pay attention to history we’re destined to repeat it.

If you want a guarantee, buy a toaster.

Improvise, Adapt and Overcome!

Self-respect leads to self-discipline.

Being comfortable is over-rated.

If you’re afraid to take risks in anything in life, it’s just boredom.

I’m not really conservative. I’m conservative on certain things. I believe in less government. I believe in fiscal responsibility and all those things that maybe Republicans used to believe in but don’t any more.

The interesting thing with child actors is that kids are natural actors. They’re wonderful actors, and most kids are acting all the time. They’re imagining they’re out in the yard playing. They’re imagining that things happened, and they can get very vivid.

I pay tribute to the writing always. The writer is a creative artist and the director is an interpretive artist and the actors are interpretive. You take zero and make it into something, that’s always amazing to me.

I am sort of anti-hunting. I don’t put down what anyone wants to do, but it seems to me that killing a creature for fun is not a progressive idea.

Fate pulls you in different directions

The more time you have to think things through, the more you have to screw it up.

I know what you’re thinking ‘Did he fire six shots or only five?

I want what’s best for people who want to improve the quality of their life.

There needs to be somebody that looks out for what’s best for the game, not what’s best for the Big 10 or what’s best for the SEC or what’s best for Jim Harbaugh, but what’s best for the game of college football – the integrity of the game, the coaches, the players, and the people that play it.

The best scientists and explorers have the attributes of kids! They ask question and have a sense of wonder.

The education of women is the best way to save the environment.

You do not merely want to be considered just the best of the best. You want to be considered the only one who does what you do.

Fans want the best, wherever they come from.

God knows what’s best for us, though, so there’s no need to worry when things don’t go how we originally wanted them to go.

Understand that we must lose our way, over and over, before we can find the best version of ourselves.