“You have to laugh at yourself sometimes, cause you'd cry your eyes out if you didn't.”

“They didn't know why these things were funny. Sometimes you laugh because you've got no more room for crying. Sometimes you laugh because table manners on a beach are funny. And sometimes you laugh because you're alive, when you really shouldn't be.”

“On ‘Shrek’ we didn't try to figure out how to make adolescents laugh. You have to use yourself as the best judge and use your own instincts. We figured if we laughed at it, chances are good someone else would too.”

“Sometimes, opening up your eyes and realising what you have – no matter how little you think – helps you find yourself.”

“[Malipiero's advice to Casanova. ] If you wish your audience to cry, you must shed tears yourself, but if you wish to make them laugh you must contrive to look as serious as a judge.”

“Well there you go. Even a psychopath recognized your worth enough to want to kill someone else first."
I didn't know whether to laugh or cry.”

“You have to decide everything for yourself, then God will assist you in your cause.”

“Sometimes you can't see yourself clearly until you see yourself through the eyes of others.”

“[on John McCain being too old] When you die at 72, no matter what you die of, it's natural causes. Even if you get hit by a truck, it's natural causes. 'Cause if you was younger, you'd have got out the way!”

“Let the butterflies cry
Let them cry for you
And you just dry your eyes
Because the world is wonderful.”