Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it

Moving from chair to chair, from coffee machine to coffee machine is the limit of my action in most films. But I enjoy being cast in them because I love watching them.

Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.

One can have no smaller or greater mastery than mastery of oneself.

I readily absorb ideas from every source, frequently starting where the last person left off

You've got to be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you might not get there.

The term 'serious actor' is kind of an oxymoron, isn't it? [Like] 'Republican party' [or] 'airplane food'.

Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.

When asked, 'How do you write?' I invariably answer, 'one word at a time.'

No business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country

To solve any problem, here are three questions to ask yourself: First, what could I do? Second, what could I read? And third, who could I ask?

We struggle with the complexities and avoid the simplicities.

With any part you play, there is a certain amount of yourself in it. There has to be, otherwise it's just not acting. It's lying.

Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.

Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won't work.

For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.

You don't get paid for the hour. You get paid for the value you bring to the hour.

Vision without execution is just hallucination.

Whether it's Google or Apple or free software, we've got some fantastic competitors and it keeps us on our toes.

If A is success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.