You always want to quit while you are ahead. You don't want to be like a fighter who stays too long in the ring until you're not performing at your best.

As a movie actor, once you've become known, you're observed all the time so you don't get the chance to observe anymore. You still get a taste of life but it's not quite the same and there's something to be said for a more anonymous life.

You, me...we own this country. Politicians are employees of ours....And when somebody does not do the job, we got to let them go.

With people in high office, the old - you go into the extreme, which is absolute power and absolute power corrupts.

I'm just naturally gravitating towards different things. As you mature, different subject matters. And as you're older, you can't play as many parts, or you shouldn't be playing the parts that you used to play. But also there's the opportunity to play parts that you couldn't have.

Everybody thinks making films back to back is a big deal but they did it all the time in the old days.

If a person is constantly evolving, constantly reading new material and being exposed to new material and growing in life, then you're becoming, hopefully, a more intelligent and well-rounded individual. If you're not then something's wrong and you're sliding back in the other direction.