Action is always seen as the bottom rung of thespian endeavour, that's just the way it is.

I'm astounded by people who take eighteen years to write something. That's how long it took that guy to write Madame Bovary, and was that ever on the best-seller list?

I guess the best thing I do of all is ride. Horsemanship, I have a natural flair for it.

I think everyone has a certain kind of formula in their life. When you deviate from that formula, you're going to fail big or you're gonna win big.

To be really artful, though, you have to be subjective and so singular.

Consider the source...Don't be a fool by listening to a fool.

For 'Rocky II,' I got a torn pectoral muscle, I got all beat up inside, I had to have an operation to splice things back together.