In the original script, my character was a basketball player rather than a boxer. I didn't think I could pull that off. I'm a little short to be a basketball player!

You know you can't just run and shoot people in the knee-caps with double barreled shotgun 'cause you're pissed at them.

I'm relaxed about my career. I've been making movies for over 20 years, so I've earned at least the right to relax.

The best way you hurt rich people is by turning them into poor people

That's my idol, Elvis Presley. If you went to my house, you'd see pictures all over of Elvis. He's just the greatest entertainer that ever lived. And I think it's because he had such presence. When Elvis walked into a room, Elvis Presley was in the f***ing room. I don't give a f*** who was in the room with him, Bogart, Marilyn Monroe.

Stevie Wonder is a musical genius !

I trip off it. You know what's interesting about the makeup is when you get up close and you know he's been working on your face, and you see where the makeup starts and it stops, and how seamless it is. You could look at it for hours.