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If you're an artist, and you put out a record - most artists only have one or two hit records - ... 
When you grow up on a dairy farm, cows don't take a day off. So you work every day and my dad al... 
Happiness cries when the tears are dreaming 
There can be no piece of mind in love, since the advantage one has secured is never anything but a f... 
My dad had been shortstop when he was in college, and you know, when you're a kid, you want to be ju... 
My dad had such a cool job. When you're a voiceover actor, it's a whole different skill - yo... 
I'm terrible at metaphors or analogies. I don't know the difference, actually, ... For me, acting is... 
Scaring someone's the hardest thing to do, and that's why most of these scary movies are not... 
Nowadays, if you have a mustache, people look at you like you're crazy. But when I was growing u... 
My dad took me out to see a meteor shower when I was a little kid, and it was scary for me because h... 
I've learned that being a celebrity is like being a sacrificial lamb. At some point, no matter h... 
When a man is discontented with himself, it has one advantage - that it puts him into an excellent f... 
I'm telling you, the gorgeous of the world can actually look pretty intimidating when they scowl. Im... 
Stairs to climb are difficult it takes time and effort and going down is easies job... what do I mea... 
You still think we can go out there, and we can all run the mile in four minutes, you know, your min... 
Scary with you is better than scary without you 
There is no such thing as fear until you allow it to enter your heart. If I told you what really hap... 
I had a fear of becoming anything, a fear of becoming a specialist. I might have become a doctor, bu... 
When you take a look at the problems our country is facing, debt is No. 1. The math is downright sca... 
A man generally has two reasons for doing a thing. One that sounds good, and a real one. 
When you expect things to happen - strangely enough - they do happen. 
I got disappointed in human nature as well and gave it up because I found it too much like my own. 
Writing is turning one's worst moments into money. 
My definition of an expert in any field is a person who knows enough about what's really going on to... 
When you don't have any money, the problem is food, When you have money, it's sex. When you have bot... 