I think there's a form of honesty, because I used to be very honest with the press, and then it backfired on me, and I understood it.

I've learned to be more reserved, watch what I'm saying; I got in a little bit of trouble. People tell me 'Never lose that, never lose that,' but then I get in trouble so I have to lose it. I'm trying to keep a little bit; I'm never going to lose who I am, I just gotta tone it down a little bit.

My generation will actually be the first generation that is tamer than the one that came before it, and it will probably be poorer; less fun and less money.

I didn't know my dad for a long time. My dad was on drugs and my dad was at the VA Hospital, my dad was off in his own world selling drugs or using them or there would be crack heads in the house or whatever it would be.

I didn't jump onto anyone else's coattail and ride their wave.

By studying psychology i want to be a better actor. There's something about studying body language and non-spoken emotion - I know the innate response. But to really study it like a science would be fun.

Nobody makes movies like Oliver Stone.