I have difficulty putting words in peoples' mouths. The best dialogue is very, very thin dialogue; you let people improvise and then basically you record what they've improvised and then write it down.

I liked being in the Marines. They gave me discipline I could live with. By the time I got out, I was able to cope with things on a more realistic level.

The Navajos have a saying they live by: 'A land where there is time enough and room enough.' I want that, too.

Every time I start thinking the world is all bad, then I start seeing people out there having a good time on motorcycles. It makes me take another look.

I live for myself and answer to nobody

Racing is life. Everything else is just waiting.

If I hadn't made it as an actor, I might have wound up a hood.