When people meet me they’re often surprised. I talk a great deal.

Characters I've played, they used to impact my paintings, like 80 percent of the time, and especially when I was doing an action film.

A lot of actors, and artists in general, never feel secure in love. They always feel everything's going to be taken away from them, professionally and personally; they're extremely emotional and volatile.

I'm not just painting for painting's sake. I want to be truthful.

People that spend time in a foxhole - they're never going to find that relationship anywhere else again... Everything else pales next to that. When you think about the Second World War vets - more than even the Vietnam vets - there's a brotherhood.

Clothing is the first step to building a character.

The men in Vietnam weren't allowed to fight the war with any kind of concern to win by the government. It was like a war of attrition.