Fight and push harder for what you believe in, you'd be surprised, you are much stronger than you think.

All that ever holds somebody back, I think, is fear. For a minute I had fear. [Then] I went into the [dressing] room and shot my fear in the face...

"I think you guys are going to have to come up with a lot of wonderful new lies, or people just aren't going to want to go on living."

"It's my fault but the most violating thing I've felt this year is not the media exaggerations or the catchy gossip, but the rape of my personal thoughts."

“She said that she didn’t want to try out because, “What if I didn’t make it, Mom? What if I am not as good as I think I am? If I don’t audition, at least I can tell myself that I’m amazing—I’m just too lazy to have what I want.” 

When 'Top Gun' came out, my sisters were like, 'Oh, my God, 'Top Gun!' Tom Cruise!' And I very confidently said, 'I'm going to marry him one day.' It wasn't like, 'How do I get to Tom Cruise?' It was just, 'I think I'm going to marry him. Why not? He'll like me. I'm fun.'

To succeed, the artist much possess the courageous soul.

I'm never content with what I do. I live in a sort of permanent dissatisfaction. I think that's the secret to doing things well.

I think people are just intrigued with the supernatural. I mean, I know that I am. It's something that I find very interesting.

And when I'm on set, I'm just thinking about the script and of working. I think I've stayed focused on the work so much that I haven't really noticed my life start to change except for I've gotten busier.

Most of us fall in love with someone's persona and spend the next three to five years discovering who that person really is. If you can stay connected through that process of raw vulnerability, I think you have a shot at the prize of knowing and accepting another human being for who and what they really are after years of highs and lows.

I love being home. I have friends that come over.

It's hard to think of yourself as a loser at 2 years old.

When you get to your third millionth frequent flyer mile, I think something snaps in your brain.

As long as you don't make waves, ripples, life seems easy. But that's condemning yourself to impotence and death before you are dead.

Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains. Those who think themselves the masters of others are indeed greater slaves than they.

I never planned to win an Oscar. When I auditioned for Ray, I was just thinking about what a great project it would be.

"I think that maybe if women and children were in charge we would get somewhere."

"She wasn't much to look at but she was something to think about."

"If you think my music is sentimental and self-absorbed, I agree with you."

"I don't think anyone really says anything new."

"I think that we're all totally isolated beings and always will be."

"As he thinks, so he is; as he continues to think, so he remains."

"American stuntmen are smart - they think about safety. When they do a jump in a car, they calculate everything: the speed, the distance... But in Hong Kong, we don't know how to count. Everything we do is a guess. If you've got the guts, you do it. All of my stuntmen have gotten hurt."