When I was young, we couldn't afford much. But, my library card was my key to the world.
Relax. Just relax and have fun doing what you're doing. Don't worry so much about being results oriented. Just commit yourself to the moment.
Read, read, read, read, read. Read everything. You can’t work unless you know the world, and outside of living in the world the best way to learn about the world is to read about it.
If I could put my finger on it, I'd bottle it and sell it. I came down here originally in 1972 with some drunken fraternity guys and had never seen anything like it - the climate, the smells. It's the cradle of music; it just flipped me. Someone suggested that there's an incomplete part of our chromosomes that gets repaired or found when we hit New Orleans. Some of us just belong here.
The power of laughter & love would beat out the power of fear every time.
Giving up a lot of yourself isn't really that hard when you realize that you get more than you give up.
Smokey, this is not 'Nam. This is bowling. There are rules.
This happens to be that the power of laughter and love would beat out the power of fear every time. You know, I hate to sound corny about it but it's true, and I think that's what this movie is about.
People just do the strangest things when they believe they're entitled. But they do even stranger things when they just plain believe.
I ain't never been in no college with famous people. I was a drifter for a while. I just was desperate to fit in with a group. Really, I was swimming. I was lost, treading water, trying to find my way. I wanted to play football. It didn't work out. I didn't really know what I wanted until I found acting in a theater department, and then everything just fell into place, and I had a passion about something. Then, I started living my life.
I don't need the bread, but it's nice to do something creative.
You’re entering a world of pain.
TV is the best babysitter.
Sometimes I overtinker, which is something wrong with my brain chemistry. But in figuring out why I do that, maybe I'll make myself a better person. I doubt it.
If I don't trust [in] it, then it's worthless.
[In my pre-success years] there was a constant hunger, measuring myself against other actors, and there was sometimes fear. But, there was always a need for self-improvement, to help with the struggle to make myself a better actor.
I'm just a lazy boy. I'd rather sit in my recliner and act.
I'd like to come back because I really miss doing situation comedy.
Believe me, nobody likes to loaf more than me.
George Washington Bridge? You throw yourself off the Brooklyn Bridge, traditionally. George Washington Bridge, who does that?
I don't trust myself enough. When I write, I overwrite. Gingerbread. Too much gingerbread. Writing is probably the only hobby I have. But I wish I had another one. If I was just a little better at golf.
Basically, though, I'm just lucky to love what I do for a living.
Pardon me for loitering in front of an orchestra.
Kids are at my level. I like goofing around with them.
When I was a kid, I loved Popeye, but the old ones, the real old ones.
