Richard Petty

Cats know, comin’ out of four, they better be standin’ on it, else they’ll be standin’ in it.

He was going to make it. He had a passion for driving a car … Adam was never interested in anything else.

You haven’t been around here long, have you.

No one wants to quit when he’s losing and no one wants to quit when he’s winning.

If Kyle had ever been dedicated to nothing but driving, he’d have been really, really good. But he wanted to do a lot of other things. He’s always been that way. Still is.

I don’t particularly tell my guys to cheat. I just tell them not to get caught.

I really love cursing a lot. But as I get older, I realize it’s a little unseemly for women of a certain age.

In Hollywood they say there’s no business like show business. In the hood they say there’s no business like ho’ business.

I had to get back to work. NBC has me under contract. The baby and I only have a verbal agreement.

When I was really young, I loved the movie ‘White Christmas’ – I still do – and I thought Rosemary Clooney was so pretty. When I was, like, nine, I would tell people, ‘You know who I kind of look like? Rosemary Clooney.’

[on being labeled the next big thing] I don’t take it seriously. Because I’m the one living my life. I mean, I’ve got this tiny part in this big Brad Pitt movie, and everyone here thinks I’m playing Sally to Brad Pitt’s Harry. I’m not, and I’m constantly having to say that.

I have a certain curiosity for life that drives me and propels me forward.

The celebrity thing… I don’t want to sound as if I absolutely don’t want it because that’s not true. If you’re in the entertainment business, you have to be honest. There’s something alluring about it…

I didn’t get on TV until I was 30, which is really fortunate because you are who you are at that point.

I’ve still got a twinkle in me.

I don’t want to go to another rollercoaster ride of a movie. If I want that, I’ll go to Magic Mountain. I’m really interested in the young directors that are doing different things in cinema. I think the movies people will hold onto are the Rushmore (1998)s and the Being John Malkovich (1999)s. Those are the kind of films I want to do; that’s what I’m passionate about.

Our recent travels have taken this wild whirlwind of a band though many incredible and inspiring places…. Having just begun work on our new album, we thought we’d take time out to raise a little sand and welcome springtime with one more adventure, another celebration of life and song.

We were out of work actors who played a lot of video games, so we were sort of surprised that Swingers was seen as cool. I think any cool in it was a geekiness, an awkwardness that most people can relate to.

There’s no damn business like show business – you have to smile to keep from throwing up.

I’m like one of those firecrackers that goes off in your pocket occasionally. I’m not really struggling with it as much as the people around me. But at least I’m not doing too much damage to anybody or to myself. It’s just the condition I’m aware of.

That is not a functional use of language. That is a drunk driver crashing a pickup truck full of alphabet soup.