We're part of a greater humanity and we can actually affect the world by the choices we make once we leave the theater.

I will entertain anything; it doesn't matter. You know, it's not obviously about the price, it's not about who, it's kind of about when and what. It's material, that's all.

'Larry Crowne' is about as bummed out a human being as one can be when he loses his job. What he is able to enjoy is something that may not be available to everybody. But it's about the value of being willing to get and willing to give good advice.

A hero is somebody who voluntarily walks into the unknown.

There was a period of time in Los Angeles when I wondered if I was just going to lose everything.

Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get.

The same way that I know that I'll never do a movie as good or as celebrated as 'Forrest Gump,' I know that I'll never do a movie as bad as 'Bonfire of the Vanities.'