People ask me about that all the time. They say, "Did you ever think of directing?" And I say, "It's completely out of the question."

A reputation is really hard to live down.

I spent so long studying really hard to become a fine actor, but threw it all away because I got the adulation and the fame so easily

I trained like an animal, but the thing is focus and concentration. When the bell rings it's like when the little red light goes on over the camera. And I can usually nail my lines on the first or second take because I'm right there.

Where I come from, being a hard man is being able to take a good beating and then get back up again and carry on fighting.

I started to shortcircuit because I had high aspirations for the film. I never told anybody that.

I don't mind getting punched in the nose by a guy standing in front of me. It's getting stabbed in the back that I can't handle.