"Do I have a long-term plan? Kind of. I have a general direction, I think. But it's funny what comes down the pike."

"That's one of the cool things about fame. You have an affect on society and where it goes."

"Working with my dad was such a gas. We approached the work in a similar way. We only made two films together when I was an adult, Tucker, and Blown Away, but it was so much fun to play with your parent like that."

"I first got involved with ending world hunger, and I got hip to the facts about it - what a huge problem it was and how it wasn't a matter of not having food or not knowing how to end it, but it was a matter of creating the political will."

"We are willing enough to praise freedom when she is safely tucked away in the past and cannot be a nuisance. In the present, amidst dangers whose outcome we cannot foresee, we get nervous about her, and admit censorship."

"It's cool to express myself, but I've had to learn that doing interviews isn't completely therapy - spilling everything about yourself isn't healthy all the time. But I've been through things that have made me a stronger person, and if I can help some people, I will."

"I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people."

"Do not wait for favorable winds; take the oars and row toward your horizon. Remember this in moments of decisive trial."