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I have an idea for a movie called 'The Walken Dead' which is about a town where, instead of zombies, everyone becomes Chris Walken.
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The Russians love Brooke Shields because her eyebrows remind them of Leonid Brezhnev.
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You must strive to find your own voice because the longer you wait to begin, the less likely you are to find it at all.
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On stage you’re free. You can say and do things that if you said and did any place else, you’d be arrested.
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My children give me a great sense of wonder. Just to see them develop into these extraordinary human beings.
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I always thought the idea of education was to learn to think for yourself.
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Our job is improving the quality of life, not just delaying death.
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I was only a leading man for a minute; now I'm a character actor.
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The idea of having a steady job is appealing.
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In England, if you commit a crime, the police don’t have a gun and you don’t have a gun. If you commit a crime, the police will say “Stop, or I’ll say stop again.
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Never say goodbye because saying goodbye means going away, and going away means forgetting.
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Winning an Oscar is an honor, but, between you and me, it does not makes things easier.
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You know what music is? God’s little reminder that there’s something else besides us in this universe; harmonic connection between all living beings, everywhere even the stars.
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Being in the same room with people and creating something together is a good thing.
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Divorce is expensive. I used to joke they were going to call it ‘all the money’ but they changed it to alimony.
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Comedy is acting out optimism.
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In 'The Secret Agent,' it's basically a character that was admired by Theodore Kaczynski, which is some fan mail you don't really want to open. This is a man who is a chemist and who specializes in making bombs and despises humanity.
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I started doing comedy because that was the only stage that I could find. It was the pure idea of being on stage. That was the only thing that interested me, along with learning the craft and working, and just being in productions with people.
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You treat a disease, you win, you lose. You treat a person, I guarantee you, you’ll win, no matter what the outcome.
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The only weapon we have is the comedy.
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For a while you get mad, then you get over it.
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The Second Amendment says we have the right to bear arms, not to bear artillery.
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I think it's great when stories are dark and strange and weirdly personal.
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Most of all, I want to thank my father, up there, the man who when I said I wanted to be an actor, he said, “Wonderful. Just have a backup profession like welding.