Today's action hero, his skills are through technology. He can fly, he can throw a bolt of lightning, he can freeze people.

What I'm trying to do now in my life - not just with the building, but with everything - is to construct things that will have enduring qualities, and won't just be ephemeral flashes in the pan.

I'm not handsome in the classical sense. The eyes droop, the mouth is crooked, the teeth aren't straight, the voice sounds like a Mafioso pallbearer, but somehow it all works.

I've been involved in something which was chaotic and insane. All I can say now is that I am, and intend to stay, a single man.

If you're gonna be a failure, at least be one at something you enjoy.

I think people of all occupations, whether it's the camera - puller or the man who's doing the catering, they can identify with Rambo's frustrations, with the veteran's frustrations.

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.