Quotes About Regret

Every actor dreams of getting a second chance to reprise a role.

James Brown died owing me $50,000. But I loved James Brown.

The first guitar I ever owned was a Kay SG copy. That cost like $35. Man, that was a terrible guitar.

I would take one of 15 half-million-dollar cars I owned and go to the mall and spend that much money. Stupid, stupid stuff. It's like it didn't make a difference. They were ego investments. I would have been great with three or four cars. I didn't need a 117-foot boat.

Barack Obama is like the old joke about boats. The two best days of owning a boat are the day you buy it and the day you sell it.

I wish I'd gone to university. I had the opportunity to go to Oxford but by then I'd already started as a comedian.

After 'Gremlins' came out, I should have packed up everything, moved to Los Angeles from New York, and dedicated myself to being a full time film actor. I had the world at my feet.

Going back to coach in Green Bay was the biggest mistake I ever made in my life. I was approached by the organization, and it turned out to be an enormous mistake. I was extremely disappointed. I disappointed the Packers and their fans.

I think back to some of the things Harry said and some of the things I said trying to be funny. If I said them now, it would be on the front page of every newspaper in the country.

They used to say it was bad for Indians to drink, but it's bad for anybody. When they drink they lose their cool, a lot of us. Like when we played with Sonny Boy, I would never get paid, you know. He would drink up all the money.

I feel that most of our pain from the loss of a loved one is things we never said or expressed.

Long for me as I for you, forgetting, what will be inevitable, the long black aftermath of pain.

Asking for forgiveness is just one of the most painful kind of experiences.

I often think about death, and it saddens me to leave this world and not be able to paint more. I love it so much.

I would have loved to paint Eartha Kitt, but she's no longer here. I'm so glad I had the chance to meet her.

I went through an obsession with eyebrows. I used to paint my eyebrows really, really strong. I look back now, and some were a little bit strong.

I feel like I've cheated. I never knew what to do. I was never a good enough painter to earn a living, and so I drifted into the theatre, and I've had a successful life. I feel guilty that I've never done a day's work in my life!

I have more than 100 pairs of Jimmy Choos and I feel very guilty about it.

Years before 'Tough Enough' came out - and I still have the papers - I filled out the entire application but never sent it in. I was like this is perfect, it's sports, I'm competitive, I could do that.

The only paradise is paradise lost.

I can't stand the kind of paralysis that some people fall into because they're not happy with the choices they've made.

I got an offer from Paris Saint-Germain, who wanted me, but I said no out of love for Tottenham. Maybe that was a mistake.

When I was in the navy, I wanted to go to Paris and the Academie Julian. I never did. Mexico City took me instead.

Maybe I'll be 48 and die in the gutter in Paris.