Don't call me a mindless philosopher, you overweight glob of grease.

I have a greater appreciation for kitchen appliances, having played one.

We seem to be made to suffer. It's our lot in life.

Don't call me a mindless philosopher, you overweight glob of grease.

All I ever wanted to do was act.

Everybody uses mime and gesture in real life, though we don't realize it. It's very useful as a performance technique, though it can be boring to watch on its own.

I don't do that many appearances at conventions. I like to keep them special for me. And for the fans, I hope.

I quite like post-apocalyptic films, things like 'Mad Max' for instance, because they are so full on and there is something quite cleansing about the post-apocalyptic because you can see where we all think we're heading.

On a film set everyone is very cool. Well, blase really.

Over the years, I've loved being on stage with an orchestra, waving my hands around.

Two or three notes of music can instantly make you feel sad or tense or afraid or angry. To do that in words is much more difficult.

We have people being a little uncomfortable in their life on Earth with finances and so on, so Science Fantasy or Science Fiction allows people to think that there are possibilities beyond the gravity of our planet.

You know, a lot of people are loath to go to an orchestral concert because they are intimidated by the thought.

Life is a biography not a series of disconnected moments more or less pleasurable but increasingly tedious and unsatisfying unless one imposes a purposive pattern upon them.

Where hopes are unrealistic, fears often become exaggerated; where dreams alone are blueprints, nightmares result.

The tattoo has a profound meaning: the superficiality of modern man s existence.

You learn how to be an individual quick after 15 schools, man. After the first five or six, you realize you're always gonna be the new kid.

One of the reasons the deficit got as big as it did, frankly, was because of the economic slowdown, the fall-off in deficits, the terrorist attacks. A significant chunk was taken out of the economy by what happened after the attacks of 9/11.

I wasn't a good waitress, but I was told that I was very nice and charming, so people liked me anyway.

Just because people play songs with great technique doesn't mean the records are better.

The United States is not, nor has ever been, anything close to a fascist country.

The strength of the Constitution lies entirely in the determination of each citizen to defend it. Only if every single citizen feels duty bound to do his share in this defense are the constitutional rights secure.

The only true experience is of the immediate present.

What a dog I got, his favorite bone is in my arm.

If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.

The press like to talk to actors. They mustn't be surprised when actors talk back to them.

In my gym class, we had something called The Pit, this little alcove where we had to sit if we forgot our gym clothes. It was usually just the crippled kid, the pregnant girl, and me. It was pretty awkward, just hanging with all these freaks who didn't want to show their legs.

I've never been this loud personality. I don't dominate the room when I walk into it. I save that for stage.

I'm competitive. I'd love another chance to be part of a Stanley Cup championship team. That'd be awesome.

Accept yourself: flaws, quirks, talents, secret thoughts, all of it, and experience true liberation.

Scotland is the Canada of England!

A majority of American citizens are now becoming skeptical of the claim that our carbon footprints, resulting from our use of fossil fuels, are going to lead to climatic calamities. But governments are not yet listening to the citizens.

No American conservative has ever argued that the government should never be involved in peoples' lives. That is anarchy, and we don't argue for that.

Be kind to unkind people “ they need it the most.

I enjoyed the Hee Haw people, but from 1980 on I didn't enjoy it and thought about leavin', and thought, hell, it's an easy job and pays wonderful. I kinda just prostituted myself for their money.

A good interviewer is able to ferret out what the applicant is really passionate about. Ask them what they do for fun, what they're reading, try and find out if they have a life outside of work.

For me, the '60s in the automotive industry was awesome. The cars are heavy, huge, rolling works of art.

Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed.

Change is going to be hard, but that doesn't mean it isn't worth it.

As governor, I cut $5 billion in spending.