Bikes and planes aren’t about going fast or having fun; they’re toys, but serious ones.

I realized early on that success was tied to not giving up. Most people in this business gave up and went on to other things. If you simply didn't give up, you would outlast the people who came in on the bus with you.

If you're going to define me properly, you must think in terms of my failures as well as my successes.

I think people only have so much interest in anybody, and if you barrage them in between the times you have something to offer them you become a personality rather than an actor - much more short-lived. I only work once a year. And that's enough.

I had the idea that the film would be much better served by a Branch Rickey lookalike than a Harrison Ford lookalike. I didn't want the audience to go into the film thinking that they knew me from some previous experience in a movie.

To me, success is choice and opportunity.

I accrued anger from people's low opinion of me and my work, and for the work I might be capable of.