It's the same with people knowing absolutely everything there is to know about an actor. I actually think the more personal information you have about an actor, the more you have to carve out for yourself when you go to a movie and see them in it.

I object to the actual phrase 'Follow me.' You've gotta be kidding! Why would I want to follow anybody else? Nor do I want them to follow me. The machinations of my life, the banalities - they're mine. They belong to me.

My fingers are always in every single pie.

When you really are country, and you don't just wear it like a piece of clothing or something, you really can't get away from it. It just is who you are.

To accuse others for one's own misfortunes is a sign of want of education. To accuse oneself shows that one's education has begun. To accuse neither oneself nor others shows that one's education is complete.

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

Good breeding, a union of kindness and independence.

A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and done his best but what he has said or done otherwise shall give him no peace.

We must be our own before we can be another's.

No one can cheat you out of ultimate success but yourself.

What you applaud you encourage, but beware what you celebrate...

Every day carries with it a responsibility.