Fake confidence on the outside often trumps truthful turmoil on the inside.
Any time an opportunity scares you that much, you should seriously consider saying yes.
Never compare your insides to someone else’s outsides.
They (teenage boys)don’t really listen to speeches or talks. They absorb incrementally, through hours and hours of observation.
It took being famous to make me cool, which, by the way, I never forgot.
My deep dark secret is that I was a nerd in school. I liked the theater. I liked to study. I wasn’t very good at sports.
The first private space of my own wasn’t a dorm room; it was a hotel room in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
I couldn’t have gotten sober without rehab because I needed the science.
Equality for everybody is great. That would be amazing.
I liked being a teenager, but I would not go back for all the tea in China.
Here’s my theory: If a person gets worldwide fame at a young age, they’re emotionally frozen at that moment. For me, that’s 15 to 18, so you find yourself in your mid-20s being a glorified 15-year-old. What could possibly go wrong?
In my bachelor days, the priority wasn’t learning to cook.
The challenge as a parent is letting your kids fail in the right ways because that’s where we do most of our learning.
I have had a lot of blessed, interesting things happen to me and have bumped up against some amazing people.
If you are worried about what people think of you, you should go into politics. Real actors take chances.
I never get bored talking about themes dealing with ambition, leadership and what it means to be an American. I love that stuff. I just love it. I’ve loved it ever since I was on ‘The West Wing.’
I’ve had years of psychiatry, and I ask about every six months – it’s sort of like getting your oil checked – I ask, ‘I’m not an actual narcissist, am I?’ The learned men of psychiatry assure me that I meet none of the medical criteria.
I am the guy dressing up in, you know, the caveman outfit for the kids’ birthday parties.
I’ve never met a funny person who wasn’t smart. I’ve met a lot of dramatic people who were stupid. But I’ve never met a funny person who wasn’t smart.
My parents did divorce, but my dad has always been present for me and loving me and my mom as well when she was alive.
My dad is an attorney. I’ve always been interested in it. My sons are probably going to law school.