I used to sit in school and dream about getting into films.

I do not envy the headache you will have when you awake. In the meantime, dream of large women.

I'll explain and I'll use small words so that you'll be sure to understand, you warthog faced buffoon.

I've been doing some writing, which I find very cathartic and fun.

I take away something from every role. I'm still learning and that's what life is about.

Any actor should be grateful if he's remembered for one movie in their lifetime.

Im something of a history buff. Its deliberate that a lot of my films have been period pieces.

Life will teach you, but you have to live long enough to get those lessons.

I consider myself a student, both in my work and my life, and I'm constantly learning and I'm constantly grateful for that.

When I work, I live in a fantasy world. It's great. I get to play different characters who inspire me.

I think that's all you can hope for as an actor when you read a script; that after the first thirty pages it has some meaning to it.

CONFIDENCE is not showing off your VANITY, it’s about to be HUMBLED and KIND to others what are you truly SKILLED and PROFESSIONAL about…

What must not be read must not be written

I have arm-wrestled here and there... guys seem to want to test my strength.

My mom is very confident and she was always a role model of mine.

He [Michael Cimino] wasn't the typical filmmaker. I don't know if he had more in him, he certainly had a lot of scripts. I know he wrote a hell of a lot.

For every promise, there is a price to pay... If the promise is clear, the price is easy.

The thing about genius is it will never yield to circumstances. Genius regards what's given as the beginning of its need to find or devise something else.

Shirley Valentine is a beautiful character and so well written. What Shirley speaks and thinks is so logical

Make haste! The tide of Fortune soon ebbs.

He who is as faithful to his principles as he is to himself is the true partisan.