The first role I ever played I had the lead and it's pretty much stayed that way, though people take great relish in calling me a character actor, which I am. There are a lot of short parts I could play, but I only do them when they are like this ("A Few Good Men"), central to the idea of the movie.

There were points in my life where I felt oddly irresistible to women. I'm not in that state now and that makes me sad.

I eat breakfast 300 yards from 4000 Cubans, who are trained to kill me, so don't think for one second that you can come down here, flash your badge and make me nervous.

I suppose I can do more for a script as an actor than as a writer - in the film sense.

I mean, it's real hard to be free when you are bought and sold in the marketplace. Of course, don't ever tell anybody that they're not free, 'cause then they're gonna get real busy killin' and maimin' to prove to you that they are. Oh yeah, they're gonna talk to you and talk to you and talk to you about individual freedom. But they see a free individual, it's gonna scare 'em.

I don't want people to know what I'm actually like. It's not good for an actor.

I've always had lots of friends who share my perspective - I guess you could say that I'm a guy who aggressively pursues his happiness.