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

Every rep I did on chin-ups, on squats with 500 pounds, I never said, to myself, 'Oh, my God, another rep.' I said, 'Yes, another rep, because that will make my dream turn into a reality.'

The one thing in my films, I only kill people who need to be killed, or killers killing killers. And I believe that the violence is very justifiable.

I think there comes a time when you realize that you need God in your life, God's Word, and the spiritual guidance that only He can give.

I've been involved in something which was chaotic and insane. All I can say now is that I am, and intend to stay, a single man.

Most of the films I myself like don't do very well. Every director, he has a choice, whether to go for subtlety and try to articulate every minute detail, or to go for the broad strokes and hope that the people will fill in between the lines. I tend to go for the broader strokes.

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.