Make 'em laugh; make 'em cry; make 'em wait.

Not a day passes over the earth, but men and women of no note do great deeds, speak great words and suffer noble sorrows.

Judicious absence is a weapon.

Make 'em laugh; make 'em cry; make 'em wait.

The absent are like children, helpless to defend themselves.

The joys we expect are not so bright, nor the troubles so dark as we fancy they will be.

Sow an act and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and you reap a character. Sow a character and you reap a destiny.

Beauty is power: a smile is its sword.

A wife is essential to great longevity; she is the receptacle of half a man's cares, and two-thirds of his ill-humor.

I've been giving interviews for the last 25 or 30 years, more often than not answering the same questions over and over again, ad nauseum.

I was stuck in the benefits of being a known comedian.

I think of myself more as a designer than a serial entrepreneur. As a designer, the easiest way to see that something happens is to start a company and then be the boss, and then people have to do what you say.

On the surface, you think you wouldn't have to think at all about being asked to play Bilbo in 'The Hobbit.' It's not prison; it's a good gig. But you know it's going to take a long time, and it does. There are times when you thought: 'Gee, I've not seen my house for months.'

I've liked most of the films that I've been in and those are the kinds of films I like to see.

We will fight race destruction through thick and thin and never CO exist voluntarily with it.

Breathing in, I calm body and mind. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present moment I know this is the only moment.

I do like having books on my shelves. I do value that life.

My roles in the '80s were, like, gender dysphoric. I wasn't pretty, I wasn't this, I wasn't that. And I am kind of butchy, you know. That's just my thing.

I have a God-given talent and I work very hard for what I do. Anybody can run fast. It's how you run fast. I pay attention to technical things now.

With the kids around, this is a different world to me. I spend a lot of time with them till they go to their playschool. I wake up early, have breakfast with them. I come back from work and am with them again till they go to bed by 10 P.M. Touch wood, this is what I wanted always.

In the modern world of business it is useless to be a creative original thinker unless you can also sell what you create.

The right to procreate is not guaranteed, explicitly or implicitly, by the Constitution.

The idea that the growing demand for energy worldwide can be met with energy from nuclear power is nonsense.

Relatively mild gusts of wind blow some trees down. Graceful palm trees, for example, are lovely to look at but will not stand up in a heavy wind because they are not well anchored.

Music is my wife, and acting is my girlfriend.

If you're listening to a rock star in order to get your information on who to vote for, you're a bigger moron than they are.

The greatest wisdom is to realize one's lack of it.

There's a rule of thumb in politics. If you're at a point where you're complaining about the other guy being mean and unfair and uncivil, that's probably a sign that you're losing.

I'm still really interested in acting, I love film so much. It's definitely something I'm going to explore as well.

David Moyes is someone I'm forever indebted to.

A lot of people think that there has to be extreme continuity in an album, but if you look at my background, it's variety! I want to see some variety in an artist, I want to be entertained, I want some depth. Show me some different styles!

There is another interesting paradox here: by immersing ourselves in what we love, we find ourselves. We do not lose ourselves. One does not lose one's identity by falling in love.

Even the loveliest dream bears like a blemish its difference from reality the awareness that what it grants is mere illusion.