Be your own politics, grow your own garden, and maybe you can help out more.

If you`re lucky enough to have a pretty girl love you and share herself and sleep with you, make that your secret. The best way to spoil love is by talking to too many people about it.

I`ve never hit anybody who hasn`t clocked me two or three times.

There`s always some kind of blacklist throughout history. But the difference is, in America they usually let you live.

Don`t ever humiliate a man. If you`re gonna have to dress him out, you take him aside and do it that way. That`s the one thing I don`t like about Hollywood: They go in for public humiliation. You shouldn`t do that to a man.

Never think you`re better than anyone else, but don`t let anyone treat you like you`re worse than they are.

I used to be friends with Miles Davis. He didn`t like many folks. I lived across the street from him.

I think most actors are shy. I really do. The greatest actors can disappear. I had friends call me the Blend-In Man.

Let the other guys do the crybaby stuff. Go for the laughs.

I honor religion except when it gets into shedding blood.

Anything new is always considered the devil`s tool.

I`ve got two old Volvos, two old Subarus, and an old Ford Ranger. If you`ve got an old car, you`ve gotta have at least several old cars, `cause one`s always gonna be in the garage.

When I grew up, people said, `You`ll never be the man your dad was.` And I said, `Gee, I hope not.`

If I could just get a piece of lemon, it`d be great.

Everybody says, `You impress me as a guy who never wanted to be a movie star.` I say, `Everybody in the world wants to be a movie star.`

You can never turn your back on the ocean.

"What do they say about all the guys that are tremendous actors? Don`t they say they have a volatile temper and emotions? Yeah, sure they do! They`re not saying they like a nice mild guy. Look at Sean Penn." [on being called volatile]