I'm somebody who deserves to be supported and encouraged to continue my work because I have a lot to give.

Let's look at people as artists and try to support them; just because Picasso painted a couple of bad paintings, that's no reason to say he's a lousy painter.

No matter how bad your life gets, you can always turn it around.

I love the fame and the money and the power. You have to keep working to have that.

From 1980 to 1990, I shot more films than any other actor in the Screen Actors Guild, apart from Gene Hackman.

I'm not bragging but my movies have grossed well over a billion dollars.

I've only had good experiences with actors. Starring next to them and directing them, for the most part they're all inspiring, special people.

I'm somebody who deserves to be supported and encouraged to continue my work because I have a lot to give.

I'm lucky to be in this business. I'm very grateful.

Directing is a tremendous art.

If you're an underdog, mentally disabled, physically disabled, if you don't fit in, if you're not as pretty as the others, you can still be a hero.

You never know who's going to become your friend. Friends are always chance meetings.

I'm somebody who's really contributed to culture. Popular culture.

You can tell when you're in a hit.

If you put down a list of jobs, doctor, lawyer, janitor, teacher or movie star, everybody would pick the movie star. And why? So you could lie around the pool, drink margaritas and send money to your parents. So that's what I did.

Typecasting is a good thing. It's good to be known for what you do.

A gay man can be friends with a straight man. That can happen.

It's good Xerox is known for its copying machines, and it's good Jim Carrey is known for comedy.

Everyone keeps asking me, What are you doing? I say, Why do I need to do anything? I'm rich.

When you're starting out as an actor, there isn't much food around. I was lucky to have a hit pretty early on. I didn't starve too long.

I'm sure if you dig deep, Joe and Ralph Fiennes do it because they want to be noticed.

A career is a series of ups and downs, of comebacks.

Underneath all the skin, we're all the same.

I'm not going to say, I'm an actor and I'm changing the world. Who cares?

When people are nasty, it gets everybody's attention, and it gives them a name.

I've made a lot of people a lot of money, and I've made a lot of people really happy. I've entertained millions and millions of people.

The allure of Hollywood is huge when you don't know anything. You don't know the knives behind the smiles.

In Utah, there are no bad things in the water there. It's just smooth, really beautiful.

Someone's just told me the English are still trying to take over the United States - is that true?

Unless you're Jack Lemmon or Cary Grant, there are few guys who can do comedy and drama.

There are 100,000 actors in the Screen Actors Guild. Only 2,000 of them make more than $75,000 a year.

Every film can be fun, even if it's a terror.

For 15 years I did two to three movies a year, sometimes four. I didn't get to spend time building my personal life.

Sometimes its good to miss a bus. It might be the wrong bus.

I did work out every day. I needed it to have the endurance to do what needed to be done and not get hurt. I have such a new respect for action stars now.

Work is the meat of life, pleasure the dessert.

This is God's work. Therefore it must be triumphant. There is no place for misgiving or despondency.

Yeah, that's what kind of, we get the idea a little bit yeah, because other people from different countries also try as hard as they can to get a medal or a gold medal in the Olympic Games. And you know, if they can work hard, we can work hard as well.

The work which is manipulated looks a little boring to me. I think life is pretty strange anyway. It is wooo, wooo, wooo!

I am not stopped by low funds, physical exhaustion, mental exhaustion, or temptations to stop and work on some other production that would be more financially rewarding.

The artist need not know very much; best of all let him work instinctively and paint as naturally as he breathes or walks.

Corporate partners help UNICEF fund our programmes for children, advocate with us on their behalf, or facilitate our work through logistical, technical, research or supply support.

The productivity of work is not the responsibility of the worker but of the manager.

The kinds of shows that seem to work now, the comedy shows, are those which require very little attention. They're superficial and I like articulate comedy.

The work that we do during the winter is very important; we have a new bike and it's important to develop it during this time, and we start with this test.

What an artist learns matters little. What he himself discovers has a real worth for him, and gives him the necessary incitement to work.

I work to stay alive.

When it is time to get to work, I go away completely and don't do anything except the work. And that can be 16 hours a day.

Some people don't like competition because it makes them work harder, better.