Woody Harrelson quotes

“To the men in Washington, the world is just a giant Monopoly board.”

— Woody Harrelson

“The war against terrorism is terrorism.”

— Woody Harrelson

“My main hope for myself is to be where I am.”

— Woody Harrelson

“A grownup is a child with layers on.”

— Woody Harrelson

“In the courtroom, it's where a lawyer really becomes an actor. There's a very fine line between delivering a monologue in a play and delivering a monologue to a jury. I've always felt that way - I've been in a lot of courtrooms. The best lawyers are really theatrical.”

— Woody Harrelson

“Even though there's an entertainment value to the film, I think it's very important because you can't really separate the impact of that political message from it. It's rare that you get films like that I think; that really have an important message and are also entertaining.”

— Woody Harrelson

“When I'm in New York, I bike everywhere. I have a couple of bikes stored over at Ed Norton's. It's the only way to go. But in Hawaii, I drive. I have a little Volkswagen Bug, from the 'Drive it? Hug it?' phase. I run it on biodiesel.”

— Woody Harrelson

“Pesticides came about after the first world war. Some brainy petrochemical money maker said, 'Hey, that mustard gas worked great on people, maybe we could dilute it down and spray it on our crops to deal with pests.'”

— Woody Harrelson

“I'm an anarchist and I do think things such as Occupy Wall Street are about getting a little closer to the solution.”

— Woody Harrelson

“Economically, many folks don't feel they can afford organic. While this may be true in some cases, I think more often than not it's a question of priority. I feel it's one of the most important areas of concern ecologically, because the petrochemical giants - DuPont, Monsanto - make huge money by poisoning us.”

— Woody Harrelson

“If you manage to stop the timber industry from cutting this forest, they'll cut that forest. If you stop oil drilling here, they'll go drill there.”

— Woody Harrelson

“The giant industries that are polluting our planet as well as violating human rights worldwide are the ones nearest and dearest to the hearts of American politicians.”

— Woody Harrelson

“I used to have Bible studies at my house. I was in the choir. I was mischievous but also a real mama's boy. It was a pretty happy childhood.”

— Woody Harrelson

“It's an odd beast, fame. It's got multiple personalities.”

— Woody Harrelson

“Two boxes of Step Forward Paper saves one tree - that's a real stat.”

— Woody Harrelson

“I think my best skill in this whole deal is as a conduit to try to bring people together, because I think it's in our unity that we'll have the greatest strength.”

— Woody Harrelson

“But I just felt at one point that I was on a hamster wheel, you know? Just doing movie after movie and thinking so much about career related things and I think missing out on hanging with my friends and family as much I needed to.”

— Woody Harrelson

“I had a hard time with that hockey. I hadn't grown up skating, so that was my biggest challenge. We worked on it and worked on it. But then when we first shot it, it was so hard for me.”

— Woody Harrelson

“I went to a Presbyterian college, you know, I was in... all the way, and so I remember doing my first sermon when I was 17, I was in high school. It wasn't a full twenty-five minute sermon, but for like ten minutes I got up and they let me do that, and it was on faith.”

— Woody Harrelson

“If I'm in Maui, I play soccer and tennis and go kite-surfing. I prefer doing a sport as opposed to going to a gym. I'm not big on gyms. When I did 'Rampart,' I lost 30 pounds because I felt it was better for the character. I worked out constantly, maybe twice a day, and minimized caloric intake.”

— Woody Harrelson

“You have to focus on what you're passionate about. For me it's the forests and of course, because I'm concerned about the forests, I'm concerned about the way paper is made.”

— Woody Harrelson

“The state of the health of the individual is equivalent to the state to the health of the colon.”

— Woody Harrelson

“I remember my daughter Deni coming along, and she was so pure and caring of everybody and everything. And somehow, this little being managed to get around all the obstacles - the gun turrets, the walls, the moats, the sentries - that were wrapped around my heart. My heart at that time needed her.”

— Woody Harrelson

“I don't believe in politics. I'm an anarchist, I guess you could say. I think people could be just fine looking after themselves.”

— Woody Harrelson

“I try not to spend too much time with regret, although I wish I'd had more hang time with my dad.”

— Woody Harrelson

“We've killed a million Iraqis since the start of the Gulf war - mostly by blocking humanitarian aid.”

— Woody Harrelson

“Salma is just one of the great goddesses ever put on this Earth.”

— Woody Harrelson

“I try to apply the organic concept to my clothes and bedding as well. There's nothing like swimming in organic cotton sheets.”

— Woody Harrelson

“I'm one of those actors who is going to come in with 2,500 ideas. You can shoot down 2,499, but one of them you're going to like.”

— Woody Harrelson

“'Natural Born Killers' is really a misunderstood romantic comedy.”

— Woody Harrelson