A human being having a full emotional conversation with a dog is funny, innately. It's one of those things where you get in a scene and you always go for what is the best joke, and a talking dog for some reason, whatever he says, is hilarious." (about his role wiht a talking dog in the forthcoming MEN IN BLACK sequel.

As a child, I watched 'Dallas' and that was my vision for my life for as long as I could remember.

What developed in my early days was the attitude to start attacking the thing I was scared of

Thomas Jefferson was a real poet. He was slick with that 'pursuit' of happiness because the 'pursuit' puts it back on you.

Believing in yourself is the first step to accomplishing any goal. If you think you're going to fail, you probably will.

For me and my storytelling and the way that I embrace stories in the way that I embrace characters, I desperately needed to know that everything was okay.

On learning to swim: I'm too big to have some woman hold my stomach and say 'Now kick your feet.'