I had to satisfy the action fans, the romantic fans, the intellectual fans. It was a terrific burden.

I couldn't adjust to the racism in Florida.

I sometimes like the pictures photographers take of me.

I had two roles for which I compromised.

I was not the kind of a principal player that was so in demand that eight or 10 or 12 scripts came per month.

My father was a certain kind of man - I saw how he treated my mother and his family and how he treated strangers. And I vowed I would never make a film that would not reflect properly on my father's name.

I'd seen my father. He was a poor man, and I watched him do astonishing things.