Clint Eastwood has always been a hero.

I think one of the most pervasive evils in this world is greed and acquiring money for money’s sake. Once you have six houses and a plane, it’s just about a number. It’s never been...

Career planning is an oxymoron, I find, but I am sort of trying to focus on doing something that’s kind of mainstream.

I just let the work speak for itself. An actor is not afraid to take risks; to put on different hats; to be a good guy, a bad guy, a victim, an abuser. There are...

I’d love to be a pop idol. Of course, my groupies are now between 40 and 50.

It’s called acting,

Ninety-five percent of celebrity is good.

I try to show compassion to people I come into contact with and try to put good out, as much good as I can. But that’s my life; that’s not my work. With my work,...

Critics can be your most important friend. I don’t read criticism of my stuff only because when it’s bad, it’s rough-and when it’s good, it’s not good enough.

I’m obsessed with zombies. I like watching zombie movies and I read zombie books.

There’s an addictive quality to fame and when your celebrity starts to wane, people get a real fear about that, … And that’s why I think sometimes you see people who will put themselves on...

I like directing. It takes a lot out of you, but I’d like to do it again-I just have to find a story I want to tell.

My family survived losing money to Bernie Madoff incredibly well compared to others.

Part of the day would be spent thinking about the act, … Eventually we brought the band in and had rehearsal space. It was a little frightening because I kept thinking, ‘We need to get...

The business that people do in LA on the social level is amazing. You go to a restaurant, bump into this guy or that guy. The next day you get a call, and they want...

I’ll be honest with you. My kids don’t watch my movies and never have. I can maybe name a film one hand that they’ve seen, actually, all the way through.

Any marriage is hard work. But what I always say is, “Keep the fights clean and the sex dirty.

Gary Oldman is impossible to steal a movie from. He’s such a great actor, he’s off the hook. I love him.

Things could be worse. You remember that, and you go on with your life.

We knew there would be a certain amount of eye-rolling going on. It was inevitable. But the fact was we always played together. And we figured, look at the upside, people will come to the...

I think we all have a lot of darkness in our bellies. As an actor, the challenge of tapping into that, reaching down into that sadness or anger, is very therapeutic.

When I go home, I try to raise my children with honesty and integrity and teach them to take care of the world and of each other.

That’s cool and that’s going to work.

There are people who tell you to shut up because you’re just a celebrity, but pundits, talking heads, they’re every bit the celebrity and a lot of them aren’t any more qualified than the average...

Some people have therapy, some people are alcoholics or they’re in AA. Some people jump out of planes on weekends or find ways to release this kind of thing. And for me, it’s acting. I...

I think there is a puritanical wind that is blowing. I have never seen such a lack of separation between church and state in America, I don’t believe in God, but if I did I...

I always wanted, and still aspire, to be something more than just one thing, just one performance.

Fame is very much a double-edged sword.

You have to keep the fights clean and the sex dirty.

I’d always tried not to worry about the size of the role or the size of the film.

When it comes to music, it’s my clothes, it’s my guitar, it’s my voice, it’s my song.

I think even though from the beginning they were saying it’s not because of the homosexuality, I think it is. But they can’t say that,

There are some actor secrets you keep sometimes, and you want to keep.

I’m very comfortable being married to an extremely strong, opinionated, and driven woman. But I also sit at the head of the table. I have both of those sides to me.

All agreed that it would be wise to terminate part of the program that was being underutilized, but at least retain one of the areas. It was a good way to resolve it; Mount Carmel...

I didn’t get into this so I could talk about my work, my movies. You become an actor to act.

Here’s the thing – I mean, I don’t act for statues. I really don’t. The great thing about winning an award is that it creates opportunities.

There are two types of actors: those who say they want to be famous and those who are liars.

I’d really like to get the girl, shoot the gun, drive the car, have fun. I even have these kind of action dreams, where I’m the action guy.

When it happened to us and it was all gone overnight, we said, ‘We are in this together, we are healthy, our children are healthy and we can work’.

As an actor, I’ve always believed we have dark sides to ourselves,

There are very few things that are purely conceptual without any hard content.

My brother is the lifelong musician; he made the choice to do that when we were very, very young kids. I remember him playing in bands and listening to the music he was writing in...

Any idiot can get laid when they’re famous. That’s easy. It’s getting laid when you’re not famous that takes some talent.

I do better on the first three takes; I won’t be better at 20 takes.

I would say invisibility would be sort of a fun power to have just to see what it was like to move through the world and not be looked at.

Having to be a nice guy is the toughest job in the world when you’re not,

I’m always happier and a better actor when I can really lose myself in a character and become somebody else.

I feel like my responsibility as an actor is to make characters as compelling and believable as possible.

She used to never put a hat on or put sunglasses on … which is the first sign of an actor trying not to get recognized, … Now she’s starting to realize that she has...