My whole career strategy has been to build a base so that I could take the roles I want to play. I'd hate to think that a shorter part might not be available because I was worried about my billing.

It always bothered me when people came off stage and were told how great they were. They weren't, really, in my opinion. It was then I started thinking that, contrary to conventional wisdom, film was the artful medium for the actor, not the stage.

There was a period when I just wanted to make what I wanted to make and I didn't care what lie I had to tell.

If you want your freedom, you have to be willing to work hard to exercise it.

My point of view, while extremely cogent, is unpopular. . . . That the repressive nature of the legalities vis-a-vis drugs are destroying the legal system and corrupting the police system.

Do you think God knew what he was doing when he created woman?

You can't handle the truth!