Actor Quotes

What this does for me emotionally, psychologically and spiritually - to look in the mirror and not be ashamed - has been very important in not relapsing.

There's the person that's the addict, and then there's the person that's who you are.

The one thing that disturbs me about Alec is that people don't realize that he's really funny.

My little son, Atticus, desperately needs his dad and I haven't been there for him... and that's sad.

It's difficult to talk about, you know, my inadequacies, my inability to stay sober when I'm a relatively bright man and I've had a lot of great blessings and a lot of great opportunities.

I'd just turned 50, weighed 285, and my doctor had read me the riot act about my health.

I would never do another sitcom. It was so boring I wanted to pull my fingernails off.

I thought, 'My God, I'm gonna make $15,000 a week for 13 weeks.' What would I do with that kind of money? You know, I had never seen anything like that before in my life.

I tell people, if you really want me to look that good, why don't you cough up about $2 million more and hire Alec or Billy? If you want me to do it, this is what you get.

I prefer to say that I am a beautiful person. But the addict is a horrible person.

Homicide is the best material I've had the chance to do.

For me, for the type of addict I am, when I start getting those swirly thoughts and stuff, and they talk about slippery places, slippery people and slippery things, you know, I need to - I needed to take my cell phone and eliminate all the phone numbers, change the phone numbers so no one I knew bef

At the end of the spectrum when you get to that 12th step, when you have that spiritual awakening we make ourselves available to help other people.

The addict will screw you over and lie to you and do all kinds of things.

If you ask me if I think I will be sober in 24 hours time I can say yes, but in two years I can't tell you. I could be dead.

I don't really drink very much, although I have abused alcohol in the past.

I believe as a born-again Christian that once you've had a chance to drink from the well, it becomes your responsibility to replenish the well.

I mean, it's a bit of a double-edged sword being a celebrity and being an actor as I'm sure you know. Your public laundry is constantly aired out and I thought that maybe I could do some good.

I've been sober now for a couple of years and I'm taking my sobriety very seriously - one day at a time and I am moving forward in my career.

You have actors who begin at a certain young age and there's very little change in their technique and the depth of their performances; they're the same 30 years later.

To be in this business and have tremendous integrity and only make distinguished choices is very tough.

There are people who would rather choke than go see my movies. They write me letters all the time.

Let's face facts, this is visual medium, there's a very high premium put on people who are good-looking. But the minute you rely on that you get yourself in trouble. You certainly don't make a career out of that anymore as an actor.

I wanted to be president of the United States. I really did. The older I get, the less preposterous the idea seems.

I think my exact comment was that if Bush won it would be a good time to leave the United States. I'm not necessarily going to leave the United States.

I feel I'm two people: I have my interest in acting and I have a lot of other political interests I'd like to pursue.

Everything that Bush touches turns to manure in public policy.

Down with Dukes of Hazzard!

Doing these parts is not fun. It's challenging, but no fun. It's creepy. I would rather play the guy that throws the touchdown pass and gets carried off the field.

Cheney is a terrorist. He terrorizes our enemies abroad and innocent citizens here at home indiscriminately.