My mother was a professional sick person; she took a lot of pain pills. There are many people like that. It's just how they are used to getting attention. I always remember she's the daughter of alcoholics who'd leave her…

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I just want to be myself.

I just want to be myself.

I absolutely want to have a career where you make'em laugh and make'em cry. It's...

I absolutely want to have a career where you make'em laugh and make'em cry. It's...

I really want to love somebody. I do. I just don't know if it's possible...

I really want to love somebody. I do. I just don't know if it's possible...

I try to do something the audience might not have seen before. Like if I'm...

I try to do something the audience might not have seen before. Like if I'm...

I'm very serious about no alcohol, no drugs. Life is too beautiful.

I'm very serious about no alcohol, no drugs. Life is too beautiful.

I haven't been as wild with my money as somebody like me might have been....

I haven't been as wild with my money as somebody like me might have been....

I refuse to feel guilty. I feel guilty about too much in my life but...

I refuse to feel guilty. I feel guilty about too much in my life but...

My family kinda hit the skids. We were experiencing poverty at that point. We all...

My family kinda hit the skids. We were experiencing poverty at that point. We all...

Life opens up opportunities to you, and you either take them or you stay afraid...

Life opens up opportunities to you, and you either take them or you stay afraid...

We had problems like all families but we had a lot of love. I was...

We had problems like all families but we had a lot of love. I was...

You know, I live a monastic lifestyle. No, I do. I do live in extremes,...

You know, I live a monastic lifestyle. No, I do. I do live in extremes,...

My focus is to forget the pain of life. Forget the pain, mock the pain,...

My focus is to forget the pain of life. Forget the pain, mock the pain,...

Maybe there is no actual place called hell. Maybe hell is just having to listen...

Maybe there is no actual place called hell. Maybe hell is just having to listen...

Some nights it was a melee, literally, where I'd be standing trying to defend myself...

Some nights it was a melee, literally, where I'd be standing trying to defend myself...

I really believe in the philosophy that you create your own universe. I'm just trying...

I really believe in the philosophy that you create your own universe. I'm just trying...

Creative people don't behave very well generally. If you're looking for examples of good relationships...

Creative people don't behave very well generally. If you're looking for examples of good relationships...

I love playing ego and insecurity combined.

I love playing ego and insecurity combined.

Morgan Freeman is so class. He's so cool. He's so scary.

Morgan Freeman is so class. He's so cool. He's so scary.

There was a time when people said, 'Jim, if you keep on making faces, your...

There was a time when people said, 'Jim, if you keep on making faces, your...

My dad was like a stage mother he always pushed me to do what I...

My dad was like a stage mother he always pushed me to do what I...