Democracy is an extraordinary adventure. It's difficult, full of daring and risk and danger. But it's the greatest gift we have.

There's the young Jon Voight and the old Jon Voight.

I'd say that all nations have contact with the truth, and all religions have admirable people.

I play a detective, very close to myself actually.

I just think that I’m a person who’s trying to find the truth and express it as I, you know, get the opportunity.

If Washington is a two-party town, why can't Hollywood be one too?

Some people think we're adrift without any guidelines. I don't. I think we've had instruction on how to live.

My father always said, 'Bet on yourself.'

Well sir, I may not be a for-real cowboy... But I am one hell of a stud!

This lie of political correctness is bringing this country down. You just want to break through it all.

Nothing beats being really honest about who you are and what you need. All the rest just works itself out.

Sometimes a little heartbreak is a lesson, and the best thing to do is just learn the lesson.

Something happens when your subconscious goes to work... That's why 'Sleep on it' is an adage.

My dad was great. He was very droll, very dry.

I like playing accents, and doing things like that, it was fun. It was fun.

My girlfriend and I rented a nice house on the river and I was there for about two and a half months, and we were just out of Alabama. I hardly got to see Alabama.

I'm doing another Churchill. I did a Churchill for HBO and that was up to 1939 and there's talk of the war years. They were going to do it this fall, but the script wasn't going to be ready.

There might've been wires, but I have this ability to make myself light. Well you know what, in ballet, when you kind of lift yourself here, it's all up in the head.

I mean, I did a film, a musical of 'Scrooge', in '70, and the tricks were done by flat clothes and mirrors. I hope that the day will come when we don't have to turn up at all.