I've always been ambitious to be very good at what I do.

I have never believed you make your case stronger by bad-mouthing your opposition.

If I'm too strong for some people, that's their problem.

I've always been ambitious to be very good at what I do.

I told them I wouldn't sign a blank cheque.

Acting is not about dressing up. Acting is about stripping bare. The whole essence of learning lines is to forget them so you can make them sound like you thought of them that instant.

You've got to sing like you don't need the money.

My money goes to my agent, then to my accountant and from him to the tax man.

I want to do a musical movie. Like Evita, but with good music.

It would be nice if education was free to everyone who wanted it, but that's not the world we live in.

One hell of an outlay for a very small return, with most of them.

I look forward to growing old and wise and audacious.

I used to believe that anything was better than nothing. Now I know that sometimes nothing is better.

Men can be a great deal of work for very little reward.

When I have to cry, I think about my love life. When I have to laugh, I think about my love life.

Why put make-up on when you only have to take it off again?

I vowed I would never do a commercial, or a soap opera - both of which I did as soon as I left the Acting Company and was starving.

Tattoos, for me, are like a timeline of my life. I could look at a certain tattoo, and it reminds of me of a certain time in my life and why I got that tattoo.

Happiness is nothing but temporary moments here and there - and I love those. But I would be bored out of my mind if I were happy all the time.

I used to smoke cigarettes, ten a day, but gave up when I was 28. Now my vice is several cups of coffee a day, which isn't great if you're prone to weak bones as I am, as caffeine can leach calcium.

I'm from Chicago, my family started a chain of movie theaters in Chicago that were around for 70 years and then one of them became the head of Paramount and the other was the head of production at MGM and we all came out of Chicago.

It was most exciting when people first came up on the stage and then when they came back for the encore. We wanted to make a show that kept on developing, that was interesting, so we tried to do that with our live shows.

I have to accept risk as a racing driver.

I crashed my bicycle on the way to my first date with my ex-girlfriend and was cautioned by the police.

I've been a character actress right from the beginning. I was no more like 'Cinderella' in my real life than I was like the neurotic poet in 'Cop.'

I think I hit the bottom when my wife left me while I was on the road.

We are going to learn how to relate to the Earth and our own natural environment here by looking seriously at space colony ecologies.

We want everybody to act like adults, quit playing games, realize that it's not just my way or the highway.

Some say Edward Snowden is a hero and a patriot. Others say he's a fool and a traitor. The evidence is mounting that the guy who leaked the details about the National Security Agency's Internet-eavesdropping program may be something more sinister - namely, a willing tool in China's ongoing cyberwar against our nation.

If a brand genuinely wants to make a social contribution, it should start with who they are, not what they do. For only when a brand has defined itself and its core values can it identify causes or social responsibility initiatives that are in alignment with its authentic brand story.

Football management is such a pressurised thing - horseracing is a release. I'm also learning to play the piano - I'm quite determined - it's another release from the pressure of my job.

People around me like me the best when I'm depressed because I'm a bit more passive.

It seems there's always another rumor about my life; some people are simply talked about more than others.

In the East, the main object is to have a well-ordered society so that everybody can have maximum enjoyment of his freedoms. This freedom can only exist in an ordered state and not in a natural state of contention and anarchy.

There is only one thing for us to do, and that is to do our level best right where we are every day of our lives; To use our best judgment, and then to trust the rest to that Power which holds the forces of the universe in his hands.

I've always wanted to play a spy, because it is the ultimate acting exercise. You are never what you seem.

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.

You know what I've kind of come to realize is that I'm a huge Drew Barrymore rom-com fan. There are so many of her movies that I love.

Every time a twenty-something CEO turns down a multibillion-dollar offer for a company that has little or no revenues, it hits a raw nerve in me. Unlike most professionals, I am not shocked by the seemingly bizarre behavior of those founders who pursue their vision beyond all rational thought or monetary reward.

What is it about possessing things? Why do we feel the need to own what we love? And why do we become such jerks when we do? We've all been there. You want something, you possess it - and by possessing it, you lose it.