Life in common among people who love each other is the ideal of happiness.
You realize just how long youve been away when you get home and start dialing 8 out of habit so you can get access to local calls.
There's a hysterical, tired sense of humor that comes after working 14 hours a day, six days a week. I like those things because they take the pressure off the constant stress
I like playing flawed characters, people who aren't perfect.
In this industry, the new owners prefer to kill anything they weren't responsible for.
I wrote a script. I actually enjoyed writing it more than acting. It's about the Irish rebellion of 1920, which is a fascinating period and place for me
I have family obligations and all that stuff. I get my kids six weeks in the summer, which is a real intense period of time. I'm with them every minute of the day
Who's the big government guy? These labels are nonsense. And the Tea Party, if you want to call them working class, you know, a working-class insurgency from below, they are a mass of contradictions; they don't have a single consistent viewpoint; but part of their impulse is to be wary of government.
Religious freedom certainly means the right to worship God, individually and in community, as our consciences dictate. But religious liberty, by its nature, transcends places of worship and the private sphere of individuals and families.
You might be a redneck if you are still holding on to Confederate money because you think the South will rise again.
Gentle dullness ever loves a joke.