I got a kick out of having a big bankroll in my pocket. Even if I only made a couple hundred dollars, I'd always keep it in fives and tens so it'd look big.

I started rooting - you know, sticking up joints - with some older guys. By now I had gotten a taste of what the racket world really was - the glamour, the way they dressed, the way they always had a pocketful of money.

I didn't kill anyone that didn't deserve killing in the first place.

I got a kick out of having a big bankroll in my pocket. Even if I only made a couple hundred dollars, I'd always keep it in fives and tens so it'd look big.

I try to find more interesting material with each project I do.

Manhood is taking care of your family and being able to bless other people. Not yourself - but whether you can bless other people.

No human is limited.

A smile is a facelift that's in everyone's price range!

'I am' is reportedly the shortest sentence in the English language. Could it be that 'I do' is the longest sentence?

I'm going to put on my gravestone, 'He never owned a cell phone.'

I feel lucky because I was a nerd, which I talk about in the book, but I had academic success, so through that, because that's what my parents put a great deal of value on, I had a great childhood because I sort of fulfilled the expectations of being good at school.

In order to understand the mindset of a boxer, I needed to become a boxer myself.

Nothing thrills me more than to be good at something. It's very rewarding, and I feel grateful and blessed, and I never take it for granted.

I don't feel like I have to dress up to go to the deli.

We live in a great country. It's time again to get religion about it.

Homosexuality is against nature. Sexual expression is permitted only within marriage, between man and woman, male and female. Anything else is an abnormality and is against nature.

Middle age snuffs out more talent than ever wars or sudden deaths do.

In terms of energy sectors, we need coal; we need oil; we need gas; we need uranium. And we need to have rules and regulations that allow those companies to stay in business.

What is allowed us is disagreeable, what is denied us causes us intense desire.

I am co-writing a screenplay now and I'm working on the rights to another story I want to do. So I plan to produce and direct. So, for me, I don't really feel that I am vulnerable to that sad baggage that comes with the business of filmmaking.

Remaining calm in times of desperation makes way for opportunity.

I don't think I have to combat Airbnb. It is like comparing Tiffany to a shop that sells things for one dollar.

We do see Gong Li, Zhang Ziyi and Chow Yun Fat, but it's very rare to see the Chinese male actor in Hollywood movies, which is something I take great umbrage with. You know, my son is Asian. He may want to direct one day; he may want to be an actor like his father - and I want that to be open to him.

A resolution to avoid an evil is seldom framed till the evil is so far advanced as to make avoidance impossible.

With two civil wars, an al-Qaida presence and 40% unemployment, what else is President Saleh waiting for? He should leave office now.

We can stop the cycle of animal homelessness and save lives by opening our hearts and homes to a loving cat or dog from an animal shelter instead of buying animals from breeders or pet shops.

But critics of the war have no reason to regret their views.

If I feel good about my parenting, I have no interest in judging other people's choices. If I feel good about my body, I don't go around making fun of other people's weight or appearance. We're hard on each other because we're using each other as a launching pad out of our own perceived deficiency.