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

Every generation has to find their own heroes.

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'm usually taken for a non-intellectual, a person of limited intelligence. I don't know why, but I figure it's because physically I don't look intelligent.

Painting is as close as a person can get to actually capturing the heat of the moment.

In the movies, I kill guys with an axe. In real life, I can't control a nine-year-old girl.

I used to tweet, but it's an act of futility. You're not really making any impact, and if you find yourself in a mood when you wanna be a bit controversial and you post something, you suddenly realise, 'Oh my God!' because you've opened yourself up to a bunch of criticism from strangers.