“We’re Americans! Do you know what that means? It means our forefathers were kicked out of every decent country in the world.”

One of the things I like about acting is that, in a funny way, I come back to myself.

They are getting so much smoke blown, and their whole world gets so turned upside down, their responses become distorted. I give everybody a year or two to pull it together because, when it first happens, I know how it is.

Those are my people, you know? The ones who are going to crash and burn.

Here’s the thing, you just have to drive a lot faster, and if you don’t get there, we’re both fired.

People are like music, some speak the truth and others are just noise.

I’m just a potato that won’t quit. I’m a potato with some legs. Some have eyes, I’ve got legs.

The only good thing about fame that I’ve gotten is I’ve gotten out of a couple of speeding tickets. I’ve gotten into a restaurant when I didn’t have a suit and tie on. That’s really about it.

If you have a good script, that’s what gets you involved. It’s harder to write a good screenplay than to find something.

Different vodkas have different effects. Some make you feel a little… poly-lingual. Some make you feel like you want to talk back to someone who’s giving you a hard time. Some make you feel like lifting kettle bells.

The Army needs leaders the way a foot needs a big toe.

Religion is the worst enemy of mankind. No single war in the history of humanity has killed as many people as religion has.

When everything goes well. When sails rip, engines freeze up and you find there are organisms growing inside the diesel, it’s terrible and amazing stuff.

It’s hard to be an artist. It’s hard to be anything. It’s hard to be.

Movie acting suits me because I only need to be good for ninety seconds at a time.

That’s sort of why I got into acting. I realized the more fun I had, the better I did it. And I thought, that’s a job I could be proud of. It’s changed my life learning that, and it’s made me better at what I do.

Somewhere there’s a score being kept, so you have an obligation to live life as well as you can, be as engaged as you can.