I thought I had reached a point in life where everything would be smooth. But it is not. It just gets more jagged and pitted and filled with turns that take you into the dark recesses of your mind. It never seems to get easy.

To be really artful, though, you have to be subjective and so singular.

I made some truly awful movies. 'Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot' was the worst. If you ever want someone to confess to murder just make him or her sit through that film. They will confess to anything after 15 minutes.

When I tried to play characters that strayed from who I am it ended in disaster. People didn't expect me in comedies or musicals.

Boxing is sort of an inevitability. We know they are going to be pounding each other.

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.

No one's life is totally morbid. Even on a subtle scale there's little flashes of enlightenment and of happiness and joy.