Any time you're trying to do a movie with a happy ending, it's very difficult because it's been done before and you don't want to be manipulative.

I'm six foot four and a half and I have a temper. It's reserved for very important issues. If someone is asking me to make an artistic concession, then I'll become a madman.

There's the theory that nudity doesn't really make something sexy; the characters and their relationship make it sexy.

It simply comes down to this, Get Busy Living, or Get Busy Dying.

It's difficult when you have to turn down a tremendous amount of money because you don't like what the script is saying and you don't have any money.

I'm fairly competant as a director and actor, but I am Mr. Neurotic as a writer. I just don't have enough confidence in my abilities to take criticism well. I take it personally. Start with 'It's a masterpiece,' and then tell me what you think could be changed.

In this time when a citizenry applauds the liberation of a country as it lives in fear of its own freedom, when people all over the country fear reprisal if they use their right to free speech, it is time to get angry. It is time to get fierce.