Make friends first, make sales second, make love third. In no particular order.

When you approach it, and I hate sounding like the pretentious actor, but yeah, I think you have to find things within the character that are likeable, or at least human, and not to go at it with any sort of predetermined notions as to what that character is.

We are all facing the end one day or another. I say, live a good and prosperous life, make sure your choices count, make them count.

Well, it might have been if I'd had success earlier in life, but having success that much later meant I was far more grounded when it came. The last few years of my life have just been surreal and after a lifetime of disappointment and heartache and rejection, I still don't believe this is all actually happening. I'm extremely grateful for my success - I just never expect it to last and my motto, if I have one, is just put your head down and do the job.

Instead of telling our young people to plan ahead, we should tell them to plan to be surprised.

Don't underestimate your kids. Don't be condescending, because they're children but they're not stupid.

I don't like to get angry. It doesn't make me feel good. It is very human, but it's also a loss of control, and I like to have that kind of control.