“An excuse is a skin of a reason stuffed with a lie.”

I think my stubbornness, hardheadedness and stupidity is what has allowed me to play for 20 years.

The Bible will always be full of things you cannot understand, as long as you will not live according to those you can understand.

It is not necessary to be in a big place to do big things.

If there is not Hell, a good many preachers are obtaining money under false pretenses.

There is no law, divine or human, that the saloon respects.

More men fail though lack of purpose than lack of talent.

As we talk about the need to foster academic achievement, we must recognize and reward those who strive academically, just as we honor athletic champions.

I sold my soul to rock ‘n’ roll.

I am and always will be a sinner. But that’s the beautiful thing about Jesus. I’ll always try to be a better person in the eyes of God. But I’m not all of a sudden stepping up on a pedestal and saying I’m holier than thou, ’cause I’m not!

The shallow end of hope is usually the deep end of grace.

Hell is the highest reward that the devil can offer you for being a servant of his.

Things take indeed a wondrous turn When learned men do stoop to learn.

I’ve always slightly worried the kids who play football around my house. They know I’m an actor, but felt sorry for me because they’d never seen anything I’ve done.

My family knew I was gay when I was 15, long before I got famous. But it’s a very different thing coming out to your family and coming out to the universe. That’s a big step.

Your reputation is what people say about you. Your character is what God and your wife know about you.

Home is the place we love best and grumble the most.

I think what makes someone pretty amazing is being comfortable in your own skin.

It is not something I earned or acquired or bought (the ability to pitch). It is a gift. It is something that was given to me – just like the color of my skin.

My engineer dad is where my technical acumen comes from. I remember him taking me to the factories to see how what works.

I want to be Lon Chaney. I want to be Karloff. I want to help people escape the mundane world. I want to make their skins crawl. And I want them to love it every bit as much as I do.

Poverty has a home in Africalike a quiet second skin.It may be the only place on earth where it is worn with unconscious dignity.

You deal with failure – strike, strike, strike – all the time. Acting is like that. You have to have a very thick skin in a way – your hair is too dark, you’re too ugly for the part, your audition wasn’t good.

It’s a sin problem, not a skin problem.

Those who have never worked nude outdoors just can’t imagine how much better a breeze feels on their skin than an item of sweaty clothing.