"Don't get me wrong, I admire elegance and have an appreciation of the finer things in life. But to me, beauty lies in simplicity."

“Never lose yourself on the stage. Always act in your own person, as an artist. The moment you lose yourself on the stage marks the departure from truly living your part and the beginning of exaggerated false acting. Therefore, no matter how much you act, how many parts you take, you should never allow yourself any exception to the rule of using your own feelings. To break that rule is the equivalent of killing the person you are portraying, because you deprive him of a palpitating, living, human soul, which is the real source of life for a part.”

“In life, it is never the big battle, the big moment, the big speech, the big election. That does not change things. What changes things is every day, getting up and rendering small acts of service and love beyond that what's expected of you or required of you.”

“I am a fan of movies and there is something about watching film that is burned into celluloid for all time that is now a piece of history. You go watch, being a fan of classic films and my children and their children are going to be watching these movies.”

Source : Source: movieweb.com

“I remember so vividly the first song I ever wrote. It was called 'Different People.'”

“Kindness is the color in the cathedral window which woven into beautiful characters shuts out the hideous sights of a world which is all too practical.”

“We love a good, hyped sound, but when it starts to sound insincere, that's when I lose interest. I hope that our music, even if it sounds polished, doesn't sound insincere.”

“A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.”

Source : "Stepping Stone : The Complete Bible Narratives". Book by John Thomas Clark, 1941.

“I don't care much about my personal record. I just want to be able to pitch in the playoffs.”

Source : "Are You Ready for Some Sissy Ball?" by Scott Raab and Jay Levin, www.esquire.com. October 13, 2007.