American Quotes

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.

When you become famous, you start getting invites to parties where there are famous athletes and famous rock stars, politicians, people who have tremendous power and affluence. It's not in my DNA, but certainly I have been exposed to it.

The word that almost makes me throw up is satin; damask makes me throw up.

The relationship between a client must be 'we.'

Rich Palm Beach clients all wanted the same kind of different thing.

One of my favorite colors is no color at all.

My dad was my Little League coach and my Cub Master.

My dad was a high school teacher and made no money.

I grew up as one of six kids.

Cotton is my life.

We can recognize and give credit where credit is due, to the debt of taste we owe Europe, but we have taste, too.

The worst thing any decorator can do is give a client the feeling that he's walking around somebody else's house; the rooms must belong to the owner, not to the decorator; and no rooms can have atmosphere unless they are used and lived in.

I don't think anyone has a right to possess anything he doesn't love - art or anything else.

Evergreen had opened up a whole new world to me. There I met many internationally celebrated people: there I was surrounded by the best art and music, as well as conversation. I knew I could never return to the life I had led before.

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.