I wanted to be a doctor once upon a time, but it turns out you've got to study, and that wasn't going to happen. I had no idea what I was going to do. I had trouble holding jobs because they want you to be on time. That wasn't going to work.

The money thing is, the sort of Elvis Presley thing of buying you mother car is great, that's very good. My mother has learned how to spend money.

You can handle just about anything that comes at you out on the road with a believable grin, common sense and whiskey.

It's much harder to play beloved than to play a rotten guy. Rotten guy is a piece of cake. So playing a beloved person really sets a high bar for your behavior and your acting and what you project.

The Army needs leaders the way a foot needs a big toe.

I realize it's impossible to have any sympathy, I mean, true sympathy, for people that are famous.

Those are my people, you know? The ones who are going to crash and burn.