[The tension] between the Christians and Muslims goes back to the Crusades, doesn't it? It's too easy to blame everything on one guy. These are unpredictable, dangerous times, and I don't think that anyone really knows quite what to do.

Some of your worst gangsters are guys who were very low-key.

All I am hoping for is to be able to work-I think my best work is still ahead of me-I think all that I have been through in the last several years have only made me a better, more interesting actor.

Being out of work for 13 to 15 years is no walk in the park.

I had a bonding problem when I went off and boxed for five years. I was over in Europe and Asia fighting because I wanted to do something different; I was tired of acting. But the thing is, when I was done doing that, I couldn't get a job.

I did think for many, many years that because of my ability I could beat the system. And I was wrong.

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.