Perhaps there is such a thing as obscene sex, but I know that violence is always obscene. So I don't get it, that you can disembowel a woman but you can't see her tits. Who made that up? That's sick!

Ninety percent of the preparation we do as actors is just jive. It doesn't do anything.

If I like the story and it's well written, and it's a character I want to play and they'll pay me, then I decide to do it.

The reason they came up with the ratings board is that there are a lot of movies out there, and parents need some guidance. Not only for the kids, but for adults, as well. If you don't like to see a certain kind of film, there should be some rating, so that you know what you're getting into. But the present system doesn't work.

You'd much rather act with a pal, someone you know really well. That way, you can cut all the niceties and go right to insulting each other.

I love metaphor the way some people love junk food.

It started with the Godfather, this operatic violence. I don't know.