[Mark] Twain is pointing at you. You, the reader of the book one hundred and thirty years ago and today. That is what has made it a great American novel and the most widely read book in American Literature around the world today.

Please don't refer to me as "channeling Mark Twain." I'm an actor. Not a channeler. That word is an iPhone shortcut. Acting is more eloquent than that.

Man is the religious animal. He is the only one that's got true religion, several of them.

I tended to lean toward character work. I love to disguise myself.

There was so much to learn and it was all fun. But the best part was getting a laugh from an audience. That was like drowning in candy.

The main thing about money, Bud, is that it makes you do things you don't want to do.

We live in a democracy. We have this extraordinary opportunity to use our mind and say what we think, speak as we think. Sometimes what we say is objectionable to other people. But that is part of a free society