My whole family are hams. They're storytellers and everyone outdoes the next one.

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.

There are certain nights you and your image just aren't in the same bed.

A drunk doesn't try to stand up; a drunk tries not to fall down.

It's a scientific fact that gratitude reciprocates.

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.

Good ideas are free - or at least they should be.