I'm more focused and have a greater sense of challenge, because I constantly feel the weight of time.

Life is more than sunglasses and hit movies. Reality - that's the main event.

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

I try to combine in my paintings cinematic feeling, emotional feeling, and sometimes actually writing on the page to combine all the different elements of communication.

I'm a patriot of the heart.

I don't fall into the physical manifestation of a man of letters. So I guess people assume the scripts are delivered to me under the door.

The idea of Rambo is kind of intriguing as a closing chapter. When you shoot a film as a sequel to do another sequel it's a whole other tone. But when you know it's the final chapter you try and put in there as much emotion, understanding and closure as you can. So, whereas Rocky is a lighter character and optimistic, Rambo is much darker.