The only happy artist is a dead artist, because only then you can't change. After I die, I'll probably come back as a paintbrush.

If it's not broken, break it. That's how new discoveries are made. That's why everything that changes life is called a breakthrough.

I believe there's an inner power that makes winners or losers. And the winners are the ones who really listen to the truth of their hearts.

When you're scared, when you're hanging on, when life is hurting you, then you're going to see what you're really made of.

With a lot of comedians, one of their major attributes is that they look comedic, with a certain hangdog or manic expression. I look like the neighborhood bully. That doesn't elicit laughter.

When you're on top and you lead the parade, everyone's there throwing lilies and lilac water on your head. But when those parades have gone by and there's a storm in your heart, there are very few people that are going to sit there and listen to you bemoan life.

You know what I think happened? After 'Rocky,' I was almost set up in the eyes of the media to make a flop.