Hollywood always had a streak of the totalitarian in just about everything it did. The old moguls were essentially hard-fisted authoritarians who had created a system of linked dictatorships to control the creative people. We were supposed to be the children; mad, tempestuous, brilliant, talented, not terribly smart children.

The uninvestigated life is not worth living. I don't want to live that way.

A person who knows how to laugh at himself will never ceased to be amused.

An actor has many lives and many people within him. I know there are lots of people inside me. No one ever said I'm dull.

Once you get your own family clear in your head, whatever your problems are with it. You're better prepared for being an adult in the world.

the illusion never really dissipates that you can lose twenty pounds in one night by cutting out dinner.

Some people think I look like a sweet potato, I consider myself a spud with a heart of gold.