Paul Newman is not a very good pool player.

No one on this Earth knows how old I am.

Gleason used to rack balls for me when he was a kid in Brooklyn and in Long Island.

Paul Newman is not a very good pool player.

The women all want to dance. I dance all night every night.

I'm known clean around the Earth.

I don't know how many people really knew who I was before the Olympics and that's the fun thing of the Olympics - you get to know someone who captures your heart, hopefully.

Beforehand you think, 'Oh, changing nappies - I'm going to be up; I need to get sleep for training.' But when it happens, when you're there, as soon as you hear a wiggle or a cough or something, you're up straight away. It doesn't bother you.

The humanitarian is a treasure hunter seeking gems of remedy and appreciation.

That's what being a front man is all about - the idea of having something supple underneath you, that machine that roars and can turn on a dime.

People don't trust government, they don't trust Wall Street, they don't trust the church, they don't trust the media.

Senator Kerry voted to undermine the troops in the field, and that is not only inexcusable, it is reprehensible.

My mother was a very difficult woman to please. She was the sort of woman who thought that if I were praised I would get above myself.

The most characteristic mark of a great mind is to choose some one important object and pursue it for life.

Eighty percent of what everyone's talking about never happens. I don't mean in terms of product development that's happening right now, I'm talking about the far-flung visions of the future.

Simply because something is a populist movement doesn't make it either good or bad.

My father - until the day that my dad died - didn't know how many points you scored in a touchdown. He could say there were nine innings in baseball, but no intricacies of the sport.

I think less is more when it comes to make-up; this really helps achieve a lighter complexion. Heavy make-up creates a canvas and can dull the skin.

War is the greatest failure of mankind.

To be in something as iconic as a Dracula film, and to be playing Jessica van Helsing, who would have been Dracula's choice for a bride, through history and beyond the grave, was a thrill.

Grown-ups and children are not readily encouraged to unearth the power of words. Adults are repeatedly assured a picture is worth a thousand of them, while the playground response to almost any verbal taunt is 'Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.' I don't beg so much as command to differ.

Since the Middle Ages progress in hygiene has been characterized by the conquest of stink.

My work is not directly about the social or political.

A few minutes ago every tree was excited, bowing to the roaring storm, waving, swirling, tossing their branches in glorious enthusiasm like worship. But though to the outer ear these trees are now silent, their songs never cease.

Pollution should never be the price of prosperity.

Sometimes I look back and think, 'Good. I'd love to go in and bang out a good episode of 'Talk Soup' today.'

'Born Free' was the first film I ever saw. I just fell in love with the idea of people having that bond with a wild animal.

I still love playing the game, and it's amazing we can do this as a so-called 'job,' and it's amazing we can come to the rink every day and play the game we love.

During the course of filming 'Top Chef,' I gain 15 lbs., so I'm used to needing two dress sizes.

As for how criticism of Keats' poetry relates to criticism of my own work, I'll leave that for others to decide.