“If a man can bridge the gap between life and death, if he can live on after he’s dead, then maybe he was a great man.”

At times there seems to be a million ideas worth painting. However, there are days when it’s a challenge to pull any idea together.

I want to be a Texan 24 hours a day.

Live fast, die young, leave a good looking corpse.

My purpose in life does not include a hankering to charm society.

If you’re not afraid, if you take everything you are, everything worthwhile in you and direct it at one goal, one ultimate mark, you’ve got to get there.

Being a good actor isn’t easy. Being a man is even harder. I want to be both before I’m done.

I have made great strides in my craft. After months of auditioning, I am very proud to announce that I am a member of the Actors Studio.

Remember: Life is short, break the rules

I’m not going to go through life with one arm tied behind my back.

But you can’t show some far off idyllic conception of behavior if you want the kids to come and see the picture.

I didn’t know what to do. How do you tell an eight-year-old boy his mother’s going to die? I tried. In my own stumbling way I tried to prepare Jim for it.

Remember: Life is short, break the rules (they were made to be broken) Forgive quickly, kiss slowly Love truly, laugh uncontrollably And never regret anything that makes you smile.

I wouldn’t like me, if I had to be around me.

You’ve got to show what it’s really like, and try to reach them on their own grounds.

I think the prime reason for existence, for living in this world is discovery.

On these days I go to my studio, leaf through an art history book, and tell myself that I am part of this great tradition.

They do everything from gangsta rap to polka music and every genre in between. It’s amazing.

What’s this thing that gets between us and Shakespeare?

To me, there is no difference between ‘natural’ and ‘adopted.’ .

I had to walk down that aisle between all the players. I really didn’t know too much about the Detroit Tigers at that time.

Minnesotans know the difference between the job of satirist and the job of senator. And so do I.

It’s hard for a liberal to go on between Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh, because it’s like doing country music after hip-hop. I mean, just, the audience doesn’t go from one to the other.

There’s no comparison between NPR and the propaganda that you hear from Rush or from Sean Hannity.

Between the ages of 12 and 17, for example, a parent ages as much as 20 years.