There are no great scripts - just great films.

One man can change the world with a bullet in the right place.

The definition of insanity in Texas is so insane that it's impossible to be insane in Texas.

Once you commit to something, you've got to commit the whole way. Try and make the best of it.

The most dangerous people are always clever, compelling, and charismatic.

If you look a little punkish, then they’re going to give you the parts. And if you play an iconic villain early on in your career, you tend to get asked to play one over and over and over again.

You know, I've had an incredible career and I'm blessed.

Let's not get too precious about it: actors are not heart surgeons or brain surgeons. We are just entertaining people.

Real greatness comes from that sort of spontaneity of the moment that takes it into another level. That can never be planned; it happens or it doesn't. And you can't force it.

My favorite actor who played villains - who could play anything, really - was Jimmy Cagney.

I think we're all a little afraid of the dark. If you lived in the country, as I did, there's nothing quite like country dark, which was really black. And as a child, your imagination runs wild.

War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.

Happiness isn't always easy, " he'd said. "But it's a priority.

Poetry is an orphan of silence.

Life is growth. If we stop growing, technically and spiritually, we are as good as dead.

It's not the fall that kills you; it's the sudden stop at the end.

I have hurt people. It was unintentional, but nevertheless, there was damage done.

One day we will learn that the heart can never be totally right when the head is totally wrong

I think being a foreigner and talking about Hollywood allowed me to use some cliches and some references that an American would maybe not use.

I'm eighteen years behind in my ironing. There's no use doing it now, it doesn't fit anybody I know.

In matters of intellect, follow your reason as far as it will take you, without regard for any other consideration.