“After graduation, I was floundering in L.A., doing stand-up comedy and working in a shoe store in the Valley.”

“My mother always, always, always thought that I was going to be famous. Thought that I was going to win Oscars. In fact, I believe I accepted the Oscar as a ketchup bottle many a time in front of m...”

“Success is like death. The more successful you become, the higher the houses in the hills get and the higher the fences get.”

“If you haven't turned rebel by twenty you've got no heart if you haven't turned establishment by thirty you've got no brains! ”

“I like being able to go to a local pub and have great food and particularly love pubs that welcome my dogs.”

“There are ways in which you can make sure that even if people come to the theatre because they know an actor or actress, by the end, they've forgotten that, and they leave going, 'Wow - what an ama...”

“I don't like work--no man does--but I like what is in the work--the chance to find yourself. Your own reality--for yourself not for others--what no other man can ever know. They can only see the me...”

“Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.”

“Earning happiness means doing good and working, not speculating and being lazy. Laziness may look inviting, but only work gives you true satisfaction.”

“Getting a mentor is the shortcut to success.”

“I learned that if I always performed a rescue, the woman never learned to lean on God..I now realize that I shouldnt work harder at a persons recovery than she is willing to work.”

“Searching for a mentor is similar to searching for a spouse: you two need to share common values, concerns, experiences, communication style, and, of course, have time to invest into meaningful con...”

“no, no, it's not all random, if it really was all random, the universe would abandon us completely. and the universe doesn't. it takes care of its most fragile creations in ways we can't see. like ...”

“She was probably the girl I loved the most of all my girlfriends, but also the toughest one to make things work out with. If I had put that much effort into any of my other relationships, I'd be ma...”

“In the world I notice persons are nearly always stressed and have no time. Even Grandma often says that, but she and Steppa don't have jobs, so I don't know how persons with jobs do the jobs and al...”