"Sometimes my scripts get so dissolved, and they're so different from when I wrote them originally, that I find it hard to find what I wrote in it."

“Who has not first tried to get out of a tough situation before truly dealing with it?”

“You guys are evil. Canada's the best country in the world. We go to the doctor and we don't need to worry about paying him, but here, your whole life, you're broke because of medical bills. My bodyguard's baby was premature, and now he has to pay for it. In Canada, if your baby's premature, he stays in the hospital as long as he needs to, and then you go home.”

“People seldom notice old clothes if you wear a big smile.”

“Most people I know I think agree and even many theists agree with this. We don't want government involved.”

“There's nothing like walking out and watching the people get turned on. Nothing in the world could replace it.”

Source : "Interview: Richard Jenkins on First Lead Role in 'The Visitor,' 'Six Feet Under,' Coen Brothers". Interview with Patrick McDonald, www.hollywoodchicago.com. June 24, 2008.

“The United States Justice Department, in my opinion, hasn't done a damn thing to alleviate this horrible manifestation of racism, bigotry and hate against blacks - the first African American President has done nothing. Even if he were inclined to do something to rectify what we are experiencing as a nation, I don't know if can go as far as an artistic expression can go, as salve for the collected suffering of the people.”

Source : Source: www.hollywoodchicago.com

“Painting is the grandchild of nature. It is related to God.”

Source : "Rembrandt Drawings" by Paul Némo, translated by David Macrae, 1975.

“When I find a colour darker than black, I'll wear it. But until then, I'm wearing black!”