I know I'm incredibly unpredictable, and that's the only thing I'm sure of.

I love being so tight on people in close-ups that the veins in their eyes look like the Mississippi River.

Whenever I don't get injured, the film is a dud. I didn't bleed on 'Rhinestone.' I didn't bleed on 'Stop! Or My Mom will Shoot.'

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.

The character of Rocky was built on the idea that he was chosen to do something. That's why the first image in Rocky is the picture of Christ.

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

Some actors are brilliant character guys. They submerge.