I'm not right wing, I'm not left wing. I love my country.

The world meets nobody halfway. When you want something, you gotta take it.

I've always said that the artist dies twice. And the first death is the hardest which is the career death, the creative death. The physical death is an inevitability.

Every champion was once a contender that refused to give up.

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 have tremendous respect for fighters and I always tell people that boxing in movies is one thing but when you get into the ring for real, even the worst heavyweight in the world is going to murder you. You've just got to appreciate the pain and the suffering and the glory and skill that goes into what they do. That's why I love the sport so much.

All good actors are unpredictable, and a little crazy in a good way, because they feel more secure playing other people than themselves.