She is my great love, my best friend, a generous woman and a fantastic mother

It really changes your perspective on the world. You know, I`ve had my day. I made some films, and I`ve really had a very fortunate life, and it`s time for me to share that a little bit. Having children takes the focus off yourself, which I`m really grateful for. I`m so tired of thinking about myself. I`m sick of myself. You feel you want to be there and not miss out on anything. It`s a true joy and a very profound love. You can write a book, you can make a movie, you can paint a painting, but having kids is the most extraordinary thing I`ve ever taken on.

Angie est une œuvre d’art. Il faudrait presque la mettre sous verre dans un musée!

It doesn`t matter if your Warcratf wife is a men.

[on what keeps him humble] You know, I telephoned my grandparents the other day, and my grandfather said to me, "We saw your movie." "Which one?" I said, and he shouted, "Betty, what was the name of that movie I didn`t like?" I thought that was just classic. I mean, if that doesn`t keep your feet on the ground, what would?

I know when I go outside, there`ll be a van or two and they`ll probably follow us four out of seven days a week, trying to get something. But I`m just going across town and I know they`re just wasting their day, so it doesn`t bother me anymore.

[Time magazine, 10/13/97] You shouldn`t speak until you know what you`re talking about. That`s why I get uncomfortable with interviews. Reporters ask me what I feel China should do about Tibet. Who cares what I think China should do? I`m a f---ing actor! They hand me a script. I act. I`m here for entertainment. Basically, when you whittle everything away, I`m a grown man who puts on makeup.

[In May, 2005, on his impending divorce to Jennifer Aniston] The thing I don`t understand is looking at this as a failure. It`s talked about like it failed, I guess because it wasn`t flawless. Me, I embrace the messiness of life. I find it so beautiful, actually.

I believe you make your day. You make your life. So much of it is all perception, and this is the form that I built for myself. I have to accept it and work within those compounds, and it`s up to me.

Heartthrobs are a dime a dozen.

You must lose everything in order to gain anything.

I`d like to design something like a city or a museum. I want to do something hands on rather than just play golf which is the sport of the religious right.

[On how his earlier, lesser film roles ultimately improved him as an actor]: I believe I`m quite capable and we, as people, can learn to do anything, and that`s proof of it! And my education is on film, on record! Now I can take on anything that comes my way and find truth in it an do a pretty good job.

[2003] It`s amazing what an impending midlife crisis will do for you, really. It got me motivated, having turned 40 in December.

Fame is a bitch, man.

[Viasat magazine, 5/01] Fame is a bitch, man.

I`m one of those people you hate because of genetics. It`s the truth.

[when asked by Conan O`Brien how he got into character as stoner JD in True Romance (1993)] I`m a method actor.

[pn how his children will influence his future roles] My thoughts these days are, "Oh, my God, what did I do? What are they going to see from the past?" It definitely colors what I`ll approach in the future. I`ll try to be a little bit more mature about my decisions.

I have a hard time with morals. All I know is what feels right, what`s more important to me is being honest about who you are. Morals I get a little hung up on.

I`m one of those people you hate because of genetics. It is the truth.

When you see a person, do you just concentrate on their looks? It`s just a first impression. Then there`s someone who doesn`t catch your eye immediately, but you talk to them and they become the most beautiful thing in the world. The greatest actors aren`t what you would call beautiful sex symbols. I`ll tell you who my favorite actress is, Dianne Wiest, and you wouldn`t call her a sex symbol. Dianne Wiest is, to me, the most beautiful woman on the screen.

[US Weekly, 9/18/00] Being married means I can break wind and eat ice cream in bed.

[on having children] It really changes your perspective on the world. You know, I`ve had my day. I made some films, and I`ve really had a very fortunate life, and it`s time for me to share that a little bit. Having children takes the focus off yourself, which I`m really grateful for. I`m so tired of thinking about myself. I`m sick of myself. You feel you want to be there and not miss out on anything. It`s a true joy and a very profound love. You can write a book, you can make a movie, you can paint a painting, but having kids is the most extraordinary thing I`ve ever taken on.

I phoned my grandparents and my grandfather said `We saw your movie.` `Which one?` I said. He shouted `Betty, what was the name of that movie I didn`t like?

Being married means I can break wind and eat ice cream in bed.

Success is a beast. And it actually puts the emphasis on the wrong thing. You get away with more instead of looking within.

I`m gonna design my own fleet of trailers. No! I`m gonna record an album like Jennifer Lopez. It`ll be an acoustic version of KC & The Sunshine Band. Then maybe I`ll design a line of clothes like [Sean `P. Diddy` Combs] but all in synthetic fur.

By the time this concert ends this evening, 30,000 Africans will have died because of extreme poverty. By this time tomorrow evening, another 30,000. This does not make sense.

Let us be the ones who say we do not accept that a child dies every three seconds simply because he does not have the drugs you and I have. Let us be the ones to say we are not satisfied that your place of birth determines your right to life. Let us be outraged, let us be loud, let us be bold.