Actor Quotes

Fame is a delicate and dangerous creature; I saw people who didn't honor it, who refused to take responsibility for it, get destroyed by it. I also saw that stardom in and of itself was empty.

Drama is easier to do because you just have to have the emotion and not get caught acting, but comedy is much harder.

As obvious as it sounds, I strongly recommend shopping at a specialty bike store. They are the experts, and they will be able to help you decide which bike is best for you.

And, sure, if you have a political point of view, you have every right to share it. But you have to be careful not to get too self-important. You have to find the balance between being entertaining and being preachy.

My big thing is to make sure the lipsticks taste good when you kiss. And, well, so far they taste pretty darn good.

If biking is your passion, set aside time to enjoy a good ride.

I hate shaving. It's much easier to just do a little stubble, but my wife and daughter like it when I'm clean-shaven. If you see me with a clean face, then you know I'm in the kissing mode!

Housekeeping is incredibly difficult with three kids. I'm trying to be more relaxed. You'll go insane if you try to have a picture-book house.

You believe in God, then you don't believe anymore and when you have a big problem, you pray anyway.

In love, we have to dare everything if we really love.

I knew everything and received everything. But real happiness, is giving.

I do very well three things: my job, stupidities and children.

I've seen so many people in this business that made a fortune. They get old and broke and can't make any money. I tell you something... no one's going to play a benefit for Jimmy Dean.

I used to help my granddaddy make sausage. He would mix it up in a cleaned-out washtub with his hands, no gloves. Man, if we did anything like that today, they would jack the jail up and throw us under it.

I made more money yesterday than I ever thought I'd make in an entire lifetime. But it's like somebody's going to take it all away from me and I'll be back in Texas, installing them damned irrigation wells. I didn't like that when I was sixteen. And I know I wouldn't like it when I'm eighty.

A lot of things I am, and a lot of things I am not. But I think I'm about as good an American as there is. I love this country. It's been very, very good to me. And it will be good to anybody if they are willing to give of themselves.

Love is an ice cream sundae, with all the marvelous coverings. Sex is the cherry on top.

You gotta try your luck at least once a day, because you could be going around lucky all day and not even know it.

God is bigger than people think.

Poverty was the greatest motivating factor in my life.

I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.

To my way of thinking, an actor's course is set even before he's out of the cradle.

To grasp the full significance of life is the actor's duty; to interpret it his problem; and to express it his dedication.

To me, acting is the most logical way for people's neuroses to manifest themselves, in this great need we all have to express ourselves.

I think the one thing this picture shows that's new is the psychological disproportion of the kids' demands on the parents. Parents are often at fault, but the kids have some work to do, too.

But you can't show some far off idyllic conception of behavior if you want the kids to come and see the picture. You've got to show what it's really like, and try to reach them on their own grounds.

The only greatness for man is immortality.

When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn't acting. It's following instructions. Anyone with the physical qualifications can do that.

There is no way to be truly great in this world. We are all impaled on the crook of conditioning.

I also became close to nature, and am now able to appreciate the beauty with which this world is endowed.