The codfish lays ten thousand eggs. The homely hen lays one. Codfish never cackles to tell you what she has done. And so we scorn the codfish, while the humble hen we prize, which only goes to show you that it pays to advertise!

I don't know why I always get to play these guys who have few redeeming features. But don't knock it. Villains are much more fun.

I don't walk around like I'm a movie star because I don't think of myself as a movie star. People usually don't even notice me.

Things are rarely as exciting or dramatic as we make them out to be in the press.

I feel an obligation to set the record straight. Actors that say they're affected by something, that it changes their life, that they take it home with them, they're just trying to get nominated for an Oscar!

I don't spend most of my life in front of the media.

Acting is real important to me. I love it, and it's something I care about.

When I go out with the ladies, I don't force them to pronounce my name. I tell them I like to go by the nickname of Kitten.

I've made up so many stories about my name, I can't remember.

We go into the natural world and we plunder it for its resources — we feel entitled to artificially inseminate a cow, and when she gives birth, we steal her baby even though her cries of anguish are unmistakable.

And I think that's when we're at our best — when we support each other. Not when we cancel each other out for past mistakes, but when we help each other to grow, when we educate each other, when we guide each other towards redemption. That is the best of humanity.

I've been a scoundrel in my life. I've been selfish. I've been cruel at times, hard to work with, and I'm grateful that so many of you in this room have given me a second chance.

I think a role model is a mentor – someone you see on a daily basis, and you learn from them.

At the end of the day, it’s not about what you have or even what you’ve accomplished. It’s about what you’ve done with those accomplishments. It’s about who you’ve lifted up, who you’ve made better. It’s about what you’ve given back.

The chances you take, the people you meet, the people you love, the faith that you have. That’s what’s going to define you.

My faith helps me understand that circumstances don’t dictate my happiness, my inner peace.

So you never know who you touch. You never know how or when you’ll have an impact, or how important your example can be to someone else.

I say luck is when an opportunity comes along and you’re prepared for it.

Success? I don’t know what that word means. I’m happy. But success, that goes back to what in somebody’s eyes success means. For me, success is inner peace. That’s a good day for me.

Don’t aspire to make a living, aspire to make a difference.

Do what you have to do to do what you want to do.

I never really had the classic struggle. I had faith.

I wasn't allowed to go to movies when I was kid; my father was a minister. 101 Dalmatians and King of Kings, that was the extent of it.

I'd be more frightened by not using whatever abilities I'd been given. I'd be more frightened by procrastination and laziness.

My mother used to tell me man gives the award, God gives the reward. I don't need another plaque.

If I am a cup maker, I'm interested in making the best cup I possibly can. My effort goes into that cup, not what people think about it.

I'm not a film buff. I don't watch a lot of movies.

If you don't trust the pilot, don't go.

If you have an enemy, then learn and know your enemy, don't just be mad at him or her.

You pray for rain, you gotta deal with the mud, too. That's part of it.