There aren't a lot of opportunities for that rite of passage that makes you a man. War is one of them, and violent sports are another.

I tend to think of action movies as exuberant morality plays in which good triumphs over evil.

With a lot of comedians, one of their major attributes is that they look comedic, with a certain hangdog or manic expression. I look like the neighborhood bully. That doesn't elicit laughter.

Age is a state of old mind. It gets to a point where if you get old enough, you forget how old you are, and that's the best thing. And then you walk around kind of like in a fog.

Don't be gullible, use life before it uses you. Understand there are no free lunches, and for every action you take, there's a reaction.

When I tried to play characters that strayed from who I am it ended in disaster. People didn't expect me in comedies or musicals.

I try to eliminate as much dialogue as possible, and I guess Rambo is my really best experiment with how to eliminate dialogue.