I like quips. I like whiffs of cynicism and I think they can be witty. But I don't really know where wittiness is constructive.

I am vain. I think vanity is a good thing. It's done more good things for me than it has not.

See, 'A Time to Kill' was the one I got famous off of. Big ka-boom, over one weekend. After that, I did films that I really wanted to do.

If happiness is what you’re after, then you are going to be let down frequently and be unhappy much of your time. Joy, though, is something else. It’s not a choice, not a response to some result, it is a constant. Joy is “the feeling we have from doing what we are fashioned to do,” no matter the outcome.

One of the great pleasures of going to see a Daniel Day-Lewis film: you haven’t seen him in five years. Where have you been? So, it’s a special event, right? Well, if you want to go see a movie that I’m in, it still may be a special event for you, but, you don’t feel like you don’t know where I’ve been.

When you've got God, you got a friend. And that friend is you.

I believe in living in the present and making each day count. I don't pay much attention to the past or the future.