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I've had wonderfully lucrative offers to do another network series. I could do that again and have a very luscious retirement.


Celebrity - I don't even know what that means. Obviously it's the same basic word as celebration, but I don't know what's being celebrated.


I just love poker players.


I think that the economy, and the political system, has literally become such a disaster I don't know if it's possible to save it.


If someone is not tech savvy, I have no time for them. I've always been a big believer in looking forward.


The bottom line is to be in control of your own destiny.


I am one of those guys who could do the most emotional scene and crack a joke instantly. I'm lucky. I'm just like an idiot savant. I have one enormously enjoyable, pleasurable - for me - talent, which is being able to act.


Without a doubt, if I had it to do all over again, I would do whatever it takes to be a one-person studio. You need to learn how to write so you can control the material. If you own the material, you can do it all.


Do you think I want to be the one lone voice against the Hollywood liberal establishment? It's not going to do me any good.


My attitude about Hollywood is that I wouldn't walk across the street to pull one of those executives out of the snow if he was bleeding to death. Not unless I was paid for it. None of them ever did me any favors.


If General Motors can't survive and run their business like a business, let them go under.


If I say I'm the best actor for the part, I mean it and I'm not kidding.


Look, just go sit at the card table with the rest of the kids and let the adults run the country.


Because of who I am, when I sit at a poker table, I meet people who engage me in conversation, not only about poker, but also about the movie business and about the world of celebrities.


I always have a rule that acting is acting and truth is truth and you just go out there and you do it. But what happens in each medium is that you have other responsibilities. The acting remains the same, but each medium dictates assuming other halves to make the acting work.


I was able to lean on people for favors and things to help out because their budget was so low. It was half of what John Travolta's perk package is on a film. Our whole budget was half of what his staff makes on a film.


So you can say whatever you want and quote me however you want about politics and make the next payday, and that's fine because I'm making that deal with you, but just mention the movie along the way, OK?


I'm famous for being nicer to my fans than anyone on the face of the Earth because I figure a) They pay my salary, and b) It's probably like a big moment in your life to meet somebody so I would say, just come on up.


I look back on my life and have to face the fact that I have been narcissistic and selfish.


I think the iPhone was as significant an invention as the Gutenburg press, in terms of the future of humanity.