Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

Talent is god given. be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.

If I had it to do over again, I'd probably do everything I did. But that's not necessarily the right thing to do.

Contrary to what people think, I'm no politician, and when I have something to say I say it through my movies.

I am a demonstrative man, a baby picker-upper, a hugger and a kisser - that's my nature.

You can't whine and bellyache because somebody else got a good break and you didn't.

Well, there are some things a man just can’t run away from.

Give the american people a good cause, and there’s nothing they can’t lick.

My hope and prayer is that everyone know and love our country for what she really is and what she stands for.

I was ashamed to admit I was hipped to the idea of acting. That's why I started in with the props.