William Barr Quotes

All the work built my fame and certainly made me more money, but the toll it took in my home was not good.

I have a tremendous amount of respect for military families. To have to worry about your loved ones and still try and live a normal life is extremely hard.

As the brother of a retired law enforcement officer, I know firsthand that our men and women in uniform perform their duties in the face of tremendous threats and significant personal risk. They put their lives on the line every day, and they often have to make split-second decisions.

A lot of actors I had worked with seemed mentally unbalanced. It's only a matter of time before I go nuts myself.

I think I'm maintaining the quality, but internally I'm paying for it.

When a person has cancer, the whole family really suffers with her.

When service members are discharged, we should express our gratitude for their profound personal sacrifice, not hand them a bill for their hospital food.

Having a parent live with you under the best of circumstances can be a terrible stressor.

I never thought about being a cop. I'm kind of sensitive. I don't know if I could handle that job. It's hard to go home every day and be able to still live your own life because some of the stuff you see really affects you.

Barry and I were in the middle of building a house, and I was in the midst of having a nervous breakdown, because that's what you do when you build a house.

TV is really, really, really hard work. You sacrifice a lot of your personal life, a lot of your sanity, just to do one show.

When cancer affects somebody in the family, the whole family is affected.

During my childhood my family risked a lot financially. They put every single penny they could into my racing and also their free time was completely compromised.

I don't think I made many sacrifices myself, but my parents have.

People see the nice side of the game, but behind it all, there is a sacrifice that they don't see: the pressure, the repercussion, the way that impinges on your life.

When you're young and you're comin' up, and you dream of gettin' this record deal, and then you actually get it, and, you know, its apples and oranges from everything that you pictured. The line was pretty self-explanatory to me: once I got in my major label agreement, I definitely couldn't deal with it. It was drivin' me crazy, givin' me gray hairs at an early age.

It isn't worth it. No money is worth this... [walks out]

Impatience dries the blood sooner than age or sorrow.

Anything that forces you to act at the possible harm of your own existence is going to exact a cost. You have to then think about, "Can I pay this? What will this mean to me - to my relationships, to my family, to everybody? What is this going to take? How much of me is this going to take?"

I define anxiety as experiencing failure in advance.

There was one day where I had to be hysterical all day, then of course it's going to affect you. You're going to go home and feel drained, or feel like you need to let off steam.

The drama takes a toll on you.

You have done all the work in this business. I get a wife out of it, Jones gets the credit, pray what remains for you?" "For me," said Sherlock Holmes, "there still remains the cocaine bottle.

Resentment creates stress.

want won't kill you half as quick as worry will.