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

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

The action movies changed radically when it became possible to Velcro your muscles on. It was the beginning of a new era. The visual took over. The special effects became more important than the single person. That was the beginning of the end.

You are what you leave behind.

'Rocky' represents the optimistic side of life, and 'Rambo' represents purgatory.

Everybody has anger or regret in them one way or another. They all try different things to get it out. Some people go to psychiatrists. Some paint pictures. Some people talk it out.

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.