You have to be really loyal to the people that supported you when you were coming up.

I'm not a genetically superior person. I built my body.

I never started out to be an action actor. I was an ensemble actor. "Rocky" was an ensemble film. "F.I.S.T." was an ensemble. "Paradise Alley" was an ensemble.

Action film is really easy to do, you just get in a car and smash through things and it's called action. The real key is what happens between the action when it's quiet. Loud is easy. Quiet, real hard.

When I'm on a location, I pick a restaurant that's close and private and eat all my meals there.

You have to grab life by the throat and squeeze before it grabs you by your neck and breaks it. Own your destiny.

If I'd made it right away as an actor, I would've stopped at a certain level and stayed there, probably as a character actor.