It was Howard Hawks who changed my life.

People should tell your children what life is all about -- it's about work.

Looking at yourself in a mirror isn't exactly a study of life.

My mother was the greatest example to me of anyone I've ever known. She didn't have an easy life. I adored her. She worked hard all her life, and she was the one who set my values. She was quite an amazing woman, although she wasn't tough at all.

When you talk about a great actor, you're not talking about Tom Cruise. His whole behavior is so shocking. It's inappropriate and vulgar and absolutely unacceptable to use your private life to sell anything commercially, but I think it's kind of a sickness.

You learn to rise above a lot of bad things that happen in your life. And you have to keep going.