I used to be Irish Catholic. Now I'm an American - you know, you grow.

Every person you look at, you can see the universe in their eyes, if you're really looking

There are two types of people: One strives to control his environment, the other strives not to let his environment control him. I like to control my environment.

You know something I could really do without? The Space Shuttle. ... It's irresponsible. The last thing we should be doing is sending our grotesquely distorted DNA out into space.

Cherish your health: If it is good, preserve it. If it is unstable, improve it. If it is beyond what you can improve, get help.

I'm never critical or judgmental about whether or not a movie is any good. The way I look at it, if several hundred people got together every day for a year or so - a number of then willing to put on heavy makeup, wear clothes that weren't their own and pretend to be people other than themselves - and their whole purpose for doing all this was to entertain me, then I'm not gonna start worrying about whether or not they did a good job. The effort alone was enough to make me happy.

On the other hand, pot opens windows and doors that you may not be able to get through any other way.