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 a natural law of karma that vindictive people, who go out of their way to hurt others, will end up broke and alone.

My life has always been chaotic. From the time I got dressed in the back of a deflated, flat-tired, fish-smelling station wagon for Rocky. It's always been do it yourself, kind of like paper-clip it together.

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.

Movies are a collective art. Art by proxy.

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.

People asked if I could have played the Terminator. Are you kidding? Not a chance, I never could have played the Terminator.