When you have a person in power who punishes people for speaking their mind, it's truly dangerous.

I like Spike Lee a lot. He's incredibly gifted and I don't think he gets the credit he deserves as a filmmaker.

There's always someone telling you not to do something. The main thing is just to ignore them.

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.

You had to know how to fight or you had to know how to avoid a fight. I didn't enjoy fighting, so I learned how to avoid them.

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

Altman was told they wouldn't do the film with me. He could easily have abandoned me, but he stood by me and really bailed me out.