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.

What do you want me to tell Romney? I can't tell him to do that. I can't tell him to do that to himself. You're crazy. You're absolutely crazy. You're getting as bad as Biden.

Every movie I make teaches me something. That's why I keep making them.

Writing is a creative art form and the acting and directing is more of an interpretive art form.

The more time you have to think things through, the more you have to screw it up.

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.

I think the only way it has influenced me is to cause me to try to branch out and do other things. So that people will know that I am reaching out and trying to be a little more versatile. So they realize he is not a "Dirty Harry." He doesn't advocate martial law or mayhem -it's a character.