I try to eliminate as much dialogue as possible, and I guess Rambo is my really best experiment with how to eliminate dialogue.

Early on everyone should do, every time they do a big film, they should do a little film. It really does keep you grounded.

I know people get upset and go, 'They're going to take away the assault weapon'. But who needs an assault weapon? Like, really, unless you're carrying out an assault.

We do two things in life: We race the clock and everything is a struggle. One way or not, it's a metaphorical battle all of the time.

I think everyone has questions in their mind. Did they do their very best?

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.

Good action films - not crap, but good action films - are really morality plays. They deal in modern, mythic culture.