- "There's really no way to teach you how to act, but there is a way to teach you how to teach yourself to act. That's kind of what it is; once you learn the little tricks that work for you, pretty soon you find yourself doing that."
- "Most people who'll remember me, if at all, will remember me as an action guy, which is OK. There's nothing wrong with that. But there will be a certain group which will remember me for the other films, the ones where I took a few chances. At least, I like to think so."
- I have a very strict gun control policy: if there's a gun around, I want to be in control of it.
- I'm interested in the fact that the less secure a man is, the more likely he is to have extreme prejudice.
- I've never met a genius. A genius to me is someone who does well at something he hates. Anybody can do well at something he loves - it's just a question of finding the subject.
- It takes tremendous discipline to control the influence, the power you have over other people's lives.
- Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that's real power.
- There's a lot of great movies that have won the Academy Award, and a lot of great movies that haven't. You just do the best you can.
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