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

I thought marriage was tough. Golf's like going over Niagara Falls in a barrel! It's a psychological game that gets into your blood.

The champion's management says let's do this for real, for charity. Rocky says no but decides to be true to himself even though he's going to be berated by everyone. Just to compete, not to win.

I believe an artist dies twice. The first time, it's just terrible - I've been there when the phone isn't ringing for years.

When crossing someone's borders you have to be prepared to engage in a war that is far more brutal than if it were to take place on neutral territory.

Every champion was once a contender that refused to give up.

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