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I loved the fact that Obama is multi-racial. I thought that was terrific, as my wife is the same racial make-up.

I would just like to say something, ladies and gentlemen. Something that I think is very important. It is that, you, we - we own this country. We - we own it. It is not you owning it, and not politicians owning it. Politicians are employees of ours.

Actors know, with me they aren't going to be allowed to rehearse a scene for a couple of hours and then get away with doing 25 takes before we get it right. So they come with their full bag of tricks.

I'm not a New Age person, but I do believe in meditation, and for that reason I've always liked the Buddhist religion. When I've been to Japan, I've been to Buddhist temples and meditated, and I found that rewarding.

My grandfather lived to be late 90s on one side and on the other side, 70s or something. And my father died young, at 63. But he didn't take very good care of himself.

I've always felt that if I examine myself too much, I'll find out what I know and don't know, and I'll burst the bubble. I've gotten so lucky relying on my animal instincts, I'd rather keep a little bit of the animal alive.

I have a very strict gun control policy: if there's a gun around, I want to be in control of it.

I think our politicians could learn a lot from Mandela.

The guys who won World War II and that whole generation have disappeared, and now we have a bunch of teenage twits.

When I was growing up, I wasn't an extrovert. If anything, I was an introverted kid and a very average pupil at school. I was very quiet.

I have worked ever since I was 13.

It's much more fun to play something you're nothing like than what you are... It's much easier to hide yourself in a character.

Some people feel that the world owes them a living.

We boil at different degrees.

Every movie I make teaches me something. That's why I keep making them.

I've always been very liberal when it comes to people thinking for themselves.

A lot of people are bored of all the political correctness.

Everybody is idealistic when you're a kid.

The innocence of childhood is like the innocence of a lot of animals.

I was drafted during the Korean War.