Thomas Haden Church quotes:

Between Clive Owen winning at the Golden Globes and the British Academy announcing its nominations, of which Sideways received only one, I'm feeling pretty humbled these days.

Children from like 8 and even up to the college age - Spider-Man appeals to a fairly broad demographic but, like I said, a mean age probably of 12 is a good mark - they process information so quickly and it's not because of attention deficit or short attention span.

I love going to the feed store and drinking coffee and talking about how much rain we need.

I would say 95% of the time, because you just can't remember your lines if you're drinking alcohol. I would say about 95% of the time it was grape juice or this fake wine, which was horrible.

I love knowing that I'm not better than any other person on the planet.

Cary and I are working together on another movie, Charlotte's Web.

I believe in singularity in relationships because you've got to have trust on both sides.

But I think once the word gets out that the movie is funny - funny is transcendent - it will traverse all demographic barriers if people embrace it as a funny movie.

I did a series called Ned and Stacey for two years for Fox back in the 90s. I was writer on it as well as a producer, and it was very important to me that there were no contemporary references.

When I moved to L.A. in 1989, the very first thing I did was this horrific pilot called To Protect And Surf.

I'm not so proud to think that anything is unworthy, and I don't think I was that way 10 years ago.

Their lives have been largely defined by failure and you would think the prospect of marriage, which is supposed to be bountiful and hopeful, it's just really another kind of tangential thing in his life.

But I certainly know a lot of people that existed at that level and are always kind of pining for more, always thinking that the next big break, the next opportunity, the big role are just around the corner of the next audition.

As an actor I kind of do. I started out doing voice overs in the mid 80s when I was in grad school.

And there have certainly been movies I wanted to be in and milestones I wanted to surpass that did not happen.

I don't want my hair to be ridiculous. But in Texas I do wear a hat a lot, so I probably have hat-head more than I'm aware of.

Last summer when we were preparing for the movie, I actually kind of wanted to stay fairly uninformed about it. As we went through the process that we do in the movie, I wanted to be a little wide-eyed.

But at the same time, if the right thing came along, I would do it in a second.

It's one of those scenarios where no, I never imagined that I'd be directed in a love scene - not even a love scene because it's kind of a hard-core sex scene because it's kind of just purely played for this carnal venting.

I invested, and I protected myself, so I enjoy that freedom.

I made a comfortable living for several years. I invested, and I protected myself, so I enjoy that freedom.

He was using me. When he cast me in Sideways I was nothing but a vessel.

Any tendency to design for design's sake, to create a pattern within which the owner must live according to rules set by the designer, is headed for frustration, if not disaster.

But I'm a citizen of Texas and try to spend most of my time there.

Cows are a lot smarter across the board than bulls.

I hate it when women fight aging with plastic surgery or fashion choices. There's this arrogant youth worship in our society.

But all actors go through the process, it's hit and miss, you have achievement and failure.

I certainly was an actor and then I drifted more towards writing and directing.

To some extent I could identify with that because I kind of just made my money and got out.

I enjoy doing press for something that I like, and I think the movie is very fun and charming and clever.

I have a healthy sense of vanity. I like to look good for myself, which is what a lot of women say. I want to stay fit.

I kind of have a rededication in my life now to acting because I'm very fond of being in this movie.

I like to keep my private stuff pretty vague.

I probably am. I think Paul Giamatti also said in an interview that I was "f - king crazy." I'm flattered by that. I want to be that guy who's nuts who makes people think.

I would just turn into a giant pair of lips. "Oh God! There he is! It's Lip-Man!"

If you are truly fearless as a performer, than you don't fear kids or dogs.

I've been an admirer of Helen Mirren for a long time. As I get older, I find myself admiring older women who have poise and elegance.

Kissing's a good thing, man. It's the doorbell of intimacy.

Look at the Native American culture. They revere the elders.

Of course, anybody's who's 26 years old will probably say, "Of course the old guy would say that." But wait until you're 45 or 46 years old. See how you feel about it then.

One that always stings is "Grow up." And it stings most when you have the suspicion that it is justified, that you have just done somethingchildish and you got nailed for it. It's probably been said to me a few times.

Sight is about what lies right in front of us. Vision is what lies ahead.

The fact that I haven't been married might qualify me as belonging in the nutty category to a lot of women.

When I landed in L.A. in early '89, William Morris decided to take me on to see if I could get any jobs. I was cast in a TV movie called Protected Surf, and made $30,000 in four weeks, and I decided I needed to take acting seriously, because I had never made that much money in a year, much less four weeks. That's when I decided I thought I could make a career out of it.