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"Growing up in northern California has had a big influence on my love and respect for the outdoors. When I lived in Oakland, we would think nothing of driving to Half Moon Bay and Santa Cruz one day and then driving to the foothills of the Sierras the next day."
"We are still in the position of waking up and having a choice. Do I make the world better today somehow, or do I not bother?"
"And I'm not apolitical - I'm very specific in my politics. But a lot of the time it's nobody's business unless you're over at my house having dinner."
"'Larry Crowne' is about as bummed out a human being as one can be when he loses his job. What he is able to enjoy is something that may not be available to everybody. But it's about the value of being willing to get and willing to give good advice."
"Movie-making is telling a story with the best technology at your disposal."
"Never give up because you never know what the tide will bring in the next day."
"It was a million tiny little things that, when you added them all up, they meant we were supposed to be together ... and I knew it."
"If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. It's the hard that makes it great."
"The only way you can truly control how you are seen is by being honest all the time."
"I think it's better to feel good than to look good."
"A hero is somebody who voluntarily walks into the unknown."
"If things were easy to find, they wouldn’t be worth finding."
"Even the simplest choice can make a jaw-dropping difference in our world."
"In the 1998 Oscars, I found myself in the bathroom in a stall, next to Tom Selleck. So I leaned over and I said ‘looks like we’re a couple of peeing Toms.’ His angry silence is something I’ll never forget."
"The desert, when the sun comes up...I couldn't tell where heaven stopped and the Earth began."
"I know what I have to do now. I gotta keep breathing. Because tomorrow the sun will rise. Who knows what the tide could bring?"
"There's a difference between solitude and loneliness. I can understand the concept of being a monk for a while."
"Tweeting is like sending out cool telegrams to your friends once a week."
"Repertory theater is all about being part of the whole, one of the many colors in this vast palette."
"The "Toy Story" films accomplish what timeless classics aim for - innocent characters who face an endless trail of adventures."