You don't have freedom unless you have the freedom to do stupid self-destructive things.

But it's much more exciting to make Die Hard. One of the reasons that I think that movie is so successful is it deals with those very important blue-collar relationship themes. But it's more visually beautiful to show things blowing up. It just gives you more on the screen.

If you want to talk about magic, the stuff that blows me away is the stuff that's done close up.

I'm a big fan of gospel music, and you cannot be a fan of rock and roll, you cannot be a fan of country western music, and you can't really be a fan of jazz without listening to a lot of music that's religious.

My love of computers, besides being practical, is very direct and visceral. I love the way things look on the screen.

I'm always surprised when the corporate world does stupid things, because they're often not very stupid in hindsight.

I didn't learn fire-eating to conquer my fears. I learned fire-eating because I desperately wanted to be in show business.