It's fashionable for modern actors to talk about getting 'inside' a character. But you can't get to the inside without getting the outside right first.

A policemans job is only easy in a police state.

In terms of pure physical effort, today was probably as hard as I've worked in any part. I spent the morning rowing, including the change of speeds Arrius [the Roman commander] test Judah with. A real bone-breaker.

I intend to dedicate my remaining time as president of the NRA to ensure that the Second Amendment is safe from Al Gore and all those who threaten it.

I am very proud of the fact that I led the arts contingent on the civil rights march in the summer of '63. In many ways, I think it was the high-water mark of the civil rights movement.

To me Moses is all men grown to gigantic proportions.

I have played some of the great men in history and I believe in the great man who does heroic deeds, even in these egalitarian times.