I think kids growing up, if they were picked on and feeling inferior at 12, they're going to feel that way at 72. You just deal with it better. I'm serious.

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

Often people going into directing want to learn as much as they possibly can about "technique." And I say the hell with that.

When you're an actor, you're a slave to other people's visions.

Nothing is real if you don't believe in who you are!

Most action is based on redemption and revenge, and that's a formula. Moby Dick was formula. It's how you get to the conclusion that makes it interesting.

I love being so tight on people in close-ups that the veins in their eyes look like the Mississippi River.