John Cusack:

• People try to keep their past, like kind of holding on to their past. Every Springsteen song talks about that.
• Sometimes you meet people and you feel like you've known them for a long time.
• The more you expose yourself as a celebrity, the less interesting you are to watch in your work, because if you're putting yourself out there all the time, you're not holding anything back.

Giorgio Armani:
I was an observer.

I liked to listen rather than openly express myself. This trait is something that I've retained over the years.
Chris Cooper:
I've been around horses, but I certainly wouldn't call myself a horseman by any means. It's a combination of being very aware of them, and not trusting them.
The Dalai Lama:

• Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.
• Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
• Spend some time alone every day.
• There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophy is kindness.

b]Kevin Bacon:
I think we all have a lot of darkness in our bellies. As an actor, the challenge of tapping into that, reaching down into that sadness or anger, is very therapeutic.
Chris Isaak:
I've been gone on the road for the past three years; maybe I've been home for two or three weeks in a year. I literally live - it's like one of those old movies where they show a train, and pages of a calendar are peeling away like leaves, and then there's a picture of me with gray hair.

Tom Hanks:

• There is something basic about protecting land by taking it off the market. People should be able to enjoy where they live while at the same time protect the plants and animals around them.
• There's a difference between solitude and loneliness. I can understand the concept of being a monk for a while.

Carlos Santana:

• Most people are prisoners, thinking only about the future or living in the past. They are not in the present, and the present is where everything begins.
• The most valuable possession you can own is an open heart. The most powerful weapon you can be is an instrument of peace.
• Your wrinkles either show that you're nasty, cranky, and senile, or that you're always smiling.

Robin Williams:

• If women ran the world we wouldn't have wars, just intense negotiations every 28 days.
• You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it.