The best advice that was given to me was that I had to be 10 times smarter, braver and more polite to be equal. So I did.

I'm a good son, a good father, a good husband - I've been married to the same woman for 30 years. I'm a good friend. I finished college, I have my education, I donate money anonymously. So when people criticize the kind of characters that I play on screen, I go, 'You know, that's part of history.'

There are tons of stories out there. I read a lot of scripts on a weekly basis. I'm looking for stories to tell and stories that I hope will be interesting to an audience.

You know me. It's my duty to please that booty.

I never had one beer. If I bought a six-pack of beer, I kept drinking till all six beers were gone. You have to have that kind of understanding about yourself. I haven't had a drink now in 12 years.

Lifelong readers continue to read, finding in books the means to enjoy life or endure it

I've been fortunate to be in films that are classic, that are going to be around.