Top 210 Quotes & Sayings by Ashton Kutcher

I want to be like Tom Cruise from 'The Outsiders' and go on and do amazing movies for a long time.

I wanted to be a genetic engineer. That was my goal in college. I wanted to figure out what the codon sequence was that causes replication in a cardio myopathic virus. That was my goal.

I've never had a job in my life that I was better than. I was always just lucky to have a job. And every job I had was a steppingstone to my next job, and I never quit my job until I had my next job.

Life can be a lot broader... when you realize one simple thing: And that is that everything around us that we call life was made up by people who were no smarter than you. And you can build your own life that other people can live in. So build a life. Don't live one. Build one. Find your opportunity, and always be sexy.

When I was 13, I had my first job with my dad carrying shingles up to the roof. And then I got a job washing dishes at a restaurant. And then I got a job in a grocery store deli. And then I got a job in a factory sweeping Cheerio dust off the ground.

Your best T-shirt should be like your bed; it just feels like you are home when you are in it.

Anyone who has tried to build something that changes people's lives sometimes finds life to be a distraction, and finds people who don't care as much as they do to be annoying.

The failures that we have are sometimes expensive educations.

Whether it's being a leading man, making TV shows, being with my family, I've learned a lot.

Women have a level of outward compassion that a lot of men don't necessarily have. Guys feel as deeply as women, but they don't share it as much.

It's really easy, once somebody passes away, for the tales about them to become taller, the good ones and the bad ones.

I'm continually trying to make choices that put me against my own comfort zone. As long as you're uncomfortable, it means you're growing.

I believe that opportunity looks a lot like hard work.

I'm a guy's guy. I don't comb my hair unless I have to, and I don't use lotions or fancy shampoos.

Acting can be so much fun that it's easy to forget that what you're doing is a job. But if I've got my tie on, I'm going to work.

The scruffier your beard, the sharper you need to dress.

One of the things about being on Twitter, for me, is mostly about just being on the pulse of what people are interested in, what people are doing and what people are looking for. I look at entertainment projects and storytelling, and I really try to think about what people want.

The reality is that we communicate with every part of our being, and there are times when we must use it all. When someone needs us, he or she needs all of us. There's no text that can replace a loving touch when someone we love is hurting.

I've constantly done my best to get the best material I can get with the best directors I can get to direct me.

We all have that desire for something special, something committed. We all want to be The One.

I guess I really haven't thought much about winning an Oscar, but if I had the opportunity, I'm sure I would like it.

People used to behave morally because they thought God was always watching - in some ways God today is the collective, and the collective is watching.

Modeling is the best because you have to look hot, which comes easy to me, you know. I'm blessed with that.

Always roll up the sleeves on your shirt. It gives the impression that you're working, even if you're not.

The sexiest thing in the entire world is being really smart. And being thoughtful and being generous. Everything else is crap. I promise you. It's just crap that people try to sell to you to make you feel like less. So don't buy it. Be smart. Be thoughtful and be generous.

Vulnerability is the essence of romance. It's the art of being uncalculated, the willingness to look foolish, the courage to say, 'This is me, and I'm interested in you enough to show you my flaws with the hope that you may embrace me for all that I am but, more important, all that I am not.'

Anyone who wants to be an entrepreneur like someone else is actually looking in the wrong direction. You don't look out for inspiration, you look in. You have to ask yourself how can I be better today, at solving the problem I am trying to solve for my company. I wouldn't encourage anyone to be like me. Just be like you.

Be careful with the man jewelry. A little goes a long way.

I'm from Iowa, we don't know what cool is!

I don't have to act for work anymore; I can act for passion. That's freeing, but it's also a prison of its own. When you can do anything you want, you're really responsible to do something great. And that's scary.

Opportunity looks a lot like hard work.

In the movies, you want a good story and characters that are honest, but you are also looking for a good director who can lead the ship. That's how we look at business. Everybody has a great idea for a start-up, and so do their relatives, and they tell me, 'You gotta build it.' I say, 'I have to believe in it.'

Steve Jobs was a pretty complicated character and somewhat a psychologically complicated guy.

Your shoes have to match your belt. That's rule number one for guys. You can't put the brown shoes with the black belt. Or a brown belt with a black wristwatch. Just don't do it! Also, I don't like boots with suits. And when you wear sneakers, make sure they go with your shirt.

Ultimately there's a dirty secret about the Internet, which is nothing disappears. All these companies have all your information. They have your search history.

Steve Jobs had something like a 90% approval rating from his employees. You hear stories about him being this short-tempered, aggressive person, which he was. But he was in the pursuit of making people around him better, so the product they created would be better.

Seriously, women have a level of outward compassion that a lot of men don't necessarily have. Guys feel as deeply as women, but they don't share it as much. Learning how to do that more has been a valuable add.

The sexiest thing in the entire world is being really smart. And being thoughtful. And being generous. Everything else is crap!

I certainly don't think I'm deserving of taking up space forever as a human. There's a whole generation of people yet to be born that are going to be so much more evolved than I am. I don't want to take up space. They're going to be better equipped to make the world a better place than I am.

I can't grow a mustache. It's pretty sad if I attempt to.

I woke up many mornings not knowing what I'd done the night before. I'm amazed I'm not dead.

I wouldn't say you have an online life and a real life. I think technology is just mapping and organizing what already exists.

I think we've all been in the middle of doing something we cared about, when someone coming in the room and saying 'hello' was annoying. I personally can understand that, as someone who tries to create.

Don't settle for what life gives you; make life better and build something.

I think privacy is valuable. You don't have to share everything, and it's healthy to occasionally hit the pause button and ask yourself if you're oversharing. But at the end of the day, if you're not doing anything wrong, you don't have anything to hide.

I don't believe that old cliche that good things come to those who wait. I think good things come to those who want something so bad they can't sit still.

The thing that enchants me the most is the ability women have to feel other people's pain. The total empathy that women have is extraordinary.

The power of a handwritten letter is greater than ever. It's personal and deliberate and means more than an e-mail or text ever will. It has a unique scent. It requires deciphering. But, most important, it's flawed.

My mom's whole side of the family, they're all Packers fans. My mom's a Bears fan. My stepdad is a Vikings guy. So that gets ugly. My mom sits upstairs watching the Bears game; he sits in the basement. They can't watch it together. Football's a violent anger in our family dynamic.

In e-commerce, your prices have to be better because the consumer has to take a leap of faith in your product.

I'll probably never be the best actor in Hollywood, but I hope to be the hardest working.

I definitely believe that if you stop working at relationships, they go away.

True luxury is being able to own your time - to be able to take a walk, sit on your porch, read the paper, not take the call, not be compelled by obligation.

A lot of people use social media to share mundane things or for self-glorification. I try to use it to share interesting things with people.

My mom is still yelling at me because she needs more autographed pictures.

My parents couldn't give me a whole lot of financial support, but they gave me good genes. My dad is a handsome son-of-a-gun, and my mom is beautiful. And I've definitely been the lucky recipient. So, thank you, Mom and Dad.

I feel like a fraud... My name is not even actually Ashton. Ashton is my middle name.

I'm happy wherever I go, whatever I do. I'm happy in Iowa, I'm happy here in California.

I really think that technology has the greatest potential to accelerate happiness of most things in the world. The companies that will ultimately do well are the companies that chase happiness. If you find a way to help people find love, or health or friendship, the dollar will chase that.

I am only young once, who cares if I'm a goofball!