If I'd made it right away as an actor, I would've stopped at a certain level and stayed there, probably as a character actor.

Now it really is, believe it or not, 90% of the films are green lit, not by the studio heads, but by the marketing department.

I understand that a lot of other actors don't have a choice. They have to eat so they need to work and they'll do films that they're not so proud of. But I've been fortunate enough to be given a second wind, so I try to pick projects I know will provide the audience the kind of escapism they want from me.

I believe an artist dies twice. The first time, it's just terrible - I've been there when the phone isn't ringing for years.

When boxers are in the ring, they're simple. It's when the fight is over, that's when the other fight, the real fight, begins. That's the problem.

If you don't have a mountain, build one and then climb it. And after you climb it, build another one; otherwise you start to flatline in your life.

When I was a kid, my mother used to feed me mashed-potato sandwiches, brussel sprout sandwiches; my brain cells were starving from lack of food. I'll eat anything. I'll eat dirt.