I don't think there's ever been someone with as much presence as Elvis Presley, I mean if he walked into a room I think everyone would be looking at only him. Even when he was dying and through all that when you looked at him it seemed all put together. It fascinates me.

It is as big a mistake to turn down a good shot as it is to take a bad one

I am a man who has never tied his own shoes before!

There's always been a lot of negative stuff written about me. That's why I don't pay any attention to the critics. They've never liked anything I've done. What do critics know? It's the way the audience reacts that matters.

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!

I want a woman who can arouse my intellect as well as my loins.

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