Theater is like boxing - having the audience ringside. It's instant gratification. Or horrification.

Movies are a collective art. Art by proxy.

The church is the gym of the soul.

Real love is when you become selfless and you are more concerned about your mate's or children's egos than your own. You're now a giver instead of a taker.

I was on cruise control from '85 to '95, and it was my fault. There were a lot of self-inflicted wounds, when I was not doing any original material. I wasn't directing. I wasn't writing. That's not who I am.

I'm not right wing, I'm not left wing. I love my country.

If I'd succeeded right away at acting I wouldn't have sought out writing.