Can someone explain the vitriol whenever Ayn Rand comes up? ‘Atlas’ is the greatest motivator for the individual that I can imagine.
We always reminisce about how everyone tried to get Diane Lane’s attention, to very little success.
The umbrella that I live under is that you must be truthful with everyone except when to do so would injure them or others.
Be funny whenever possible, even if some people don’t get it.
Sobriety was the greatest gift I ever gave myself. I don’t put it on a platform. I don’t campaign about it. It’s just something that works for me. It enabled me to really connect with another human being – my wife, Sheryl – which I was never able to do before.
If somebody else is achieving more than I am, that means I can do it, too. Everybody has the ability to raise themselves up, and my life has been marked by that.
Fake confidence on the outside often trumps truthful turmoil on the inside.
So I came to the realization: Nothing in life is unfair. It’s just life.
Sobriety was the greatest gift I ever gave myself.
Directors are not worried about casting beautiful women, but they are not sure that they want to cast great-looking men. My looks have prevented people from seeing my work.
Any time an opportunity scares you that much, you should seriously consider saying yes.
I have never felt at any point in my life, good or bad, any ill will ever from the man or woman on the street.
I like the tradition of ordinary men in extraordinary circumstances and how they react to events which force them to be heroic in a way that is not in their natures.
I have, on the other hand, felt ill will from various people in the industry and the press.
There is no recovery for anyone without lifting the lid on the pain of the past and letting in the light.
I’m thinking of how unexpected and yet oddly preordained life can be. Events are upon you in an instant, unforseen and without warning, and often times marked with disappointment and tragedy, but equally often leading to a better understanding of the bittersweet truth of life.
The best part is not the biggest, it’s the one that’s most memorable.
I have been looking forward to this age of my life for a long time. In my twenties, I marked the days on the calendar – I was sick of playing high-school kids.
I liked being a teenager, but I would not go back for all the tea in China.
Every relationship has its complications.