[1997] I`m starting to feel I have to cure my addiction to Hollywood money, because while it`s delightful, it`s also insidious.

Acting in the theatre is fun, acting in film is work.

I don`t get acting jobs because of my looks.

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.

Some guys smoke good Dominicans, other guys smoke great Jamaicans. I only smoke the best - Havanas!

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

Remember, sex is like a Chinese dinner. It ain`t over `til you both get your cookie.

Everything that Bush touches turns to manure in public policy.

Down with Dukes of Hazzard!

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

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.

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

There`s less critical thinking going on in this country on a Main Street level - forget about the media - than ever before. We`ve never needed people to think more critically than now, and they`ve taken a big nap.

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.

Bush wasn`t elected, he was selected - selected by five judges up in Washington who voted along party lines.

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.

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

I don`t want to go all over the map here, but where is the protest against this war when almost on a daily basis, someone is dying over there?

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.

“makes the case for Americans to adopt a vegetarian diet and enact humane legislation to weed out the worst abuses.”

“opening my eyes to animal rights. … Look at the way Hurricane Katrina was handled — the way the government treats people and their animals is a tragedy.”

“Everything that Bush touches turns to manure in public policy.”

“Sometimes, you know, the president is a father-like figure in American society, to most Americans, even today, no matter how cynical we`ve become. And people don`t want to think that daddy`s a bum all the time. They don`t want to think that Daddy`s a liar, a cheat and a fraud.”

“Bush wasn`t elected, he was selected - selected by five judges up in Washington who voted along party lines.”