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.

If you cast a film incorrectly, then you're going to be fighting an uphill battle.

I would just like to say something, ladies and gentlemen. Something that I think is very important. It is that, you, we - we own this country. We - we own it. It is not you owning it, and not politicians owning it. Politicians are employees of ours.

You have to steal a lot. You have to have a criminal mentality to be a film director.

Everything that you do is a challenge. And acting is just building up your concentration and being able to listen and to do the ridiculous.

The most gentle people in the world are macho males, people who are confident in their masculinity and have a feeling of well-being in themselves. They don't have to kick in doors, mistreat women, or make fun of gays.

There are two kinds of people in this world. 'I' people and 'we' people. I've always tried to be a 'we' person.