It is instilled in thousands of American males from an early age that one of their requirements is to be able to both dish out and take a lot of pain. They are taught the rules of this road in gyms, rings, backyards and fields all over America.

I've never killed anybody... but I've definitely thought about it.

Anywhere you hang yourself is home.

For me, jazz will always be the soundtrack of the civil rights movement.

I continually remind myself to live by a code. It's very important to me. I've got a bad temper.

Cynicism is only intellectual sloth.

I'd like to be a better writer, but I have no dreams to direct or do a screenplay. And I'd love to have a big starring role in a movie because the paycheck would be bigger. That's the only reason I do films.