The trouble with remakes is that people fall in love with the original. It's like peanut butter. If you try to change the taste of peanut butter, you're in trouble.

If I just know in my gut that a film is going to work, I'll fight to the death over it, and I convince myself. When a movie is purely a money job, the film doesn't have the same sort of intensity, and the audience almost senses it, at least that's the way I perceive it. So, yeah, the idea is to do something that you truly, truly believe in.

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.

There's no one in the world close to Arnold Schwarzenegger. He is a phenomenon. He's brilliant. Just because his physique belies that, don't underestimate him.

A lot of guys don't want to admit that they have a propensity for generosity and for violence.

The man who can best gets along with women, is the man who can get along without them.

I'm not just painting for painting's sake. I want to be truthful.