American football seems to resemble soccer in that one scores by putting the ball through the opponent's goal; but football, truly is about land. The Settlers want to move the line of scrimmage Westward, the Native Americans want to move it East.

I know very well what it is to be out of work and to be cheated by employers and I know what it is to be an employer.

I don't think there's any information to be gotten from television.

Do not internalize the industrial model. You are not one of the myriad interchangeable pieces, but a unique human being, and if you've got something to say, say it, and think well of yourself while you're learning to say it better.

The essence of jiu-jitsu is philosophy.

I go out there. I'm out there every day. [Pause] There is nothing out there.

My tendency as an actor was to correct people, was to say, 'What if we tried it this way, what about if we tried that way?' That's terrible habit for an actor, but that's a good habit for director. So I became a director.