“You have to trust your instincts. There is a moment when an actor has it, and he knows it.”

Ever notice how you come across somebody once in a while you shouldn’t have messed with? That’s me.

I never look back and think too much about my films. I’ve done some work I’ve been proud of over the years but which of them is my favourite I really don’t know. I could say the last one. I’ve had little jumps in my career like Unforgiven possibly.

People have lost their sense of humor. In former times, we constantly made jokes about different races.

Keep your eyes on the horizon and your nose to the wind.

There was a stool there, and some fella kept asking me if I wanted to sit down. When I saw the stool sitting there, it gave me the idea. I’ll just put the stool out there and I’ll talk to Mr Obama and ask him why he didn’t keep all of the promises he made to everybody.

Let’s not go and ruin it by thinking too much.

I have a very strict gun control policy: if there’s a gun around, I want to be in control of it.

I’m a firm believer in research, but I’m also a firm believer in utilizing the instincts that are within your soul or in your body or in your stomach, wherever they reside.

I just think it is important that you realize, that you’re the best in the world. Whether you are a Democrat or Republican or whether you’re libertarian or whatever, you are the best. And we should not ever forget that. And when somebody does not do the job, we got to let them go.

What Trump is onto is, he’s just saying what’s on his mind. And sometimes it’s not so good. And sometimes it’s. I mean, I can understand where he’s coming from, but I don’t always agree with it.

My old drama coach used to say, ‘Don’t just do something, stand there.’ Gary Cooper wasn’t afraid to do nothing.

Kids piercing themselves, piercing their tongues, what kind of masochism is that? Is it to show you can just take it?

I was always annoyed by too much explaining.

Everybody is looking for a reason to not to take responsibility for their own actions in hand.

One day we will look back and realize that the Barack Obama Presidency was the biggest fraud ever perpetrated on the American people.

You see, in this world, there’s two kinds of people, my friend – those with loaded guns, and those who dig. You dig.

Paris is the playwright’s delight. New York is the home of directors. London, however, is the actor’s city, the only one in the world. In London, actors are given their head.

Having secured my Indian actors, I started for Baltimore, where I organized my combination, and which was the largest troupe I had yet had on the road.

It’s a political and manipulative industry. Actors vie for the same roles, movies are snatched away. Have I ever been manipulated? Yes. But I haven’t manipulated anyone because if you think from the heart, you cannot be calculative. I have spent nights crying.

I can’t stand on the roadside and have Pani Puri like before. But, at the same time, being an actor makes you feel special. People look up to you, want to know more about you, and shower you with so much love without even knowing you personally. It’s overwhelming.

Frankly I’ve never really subscribed to these adjectives tagging me as an ‘icon’, ‘superstar’, etc. I’ve always thought of myself as an actor doing his job to the best of his ability.

I do believe that an actor, who is self aware, will never do a film that is not an extension of his personality.

It is a common perception that actors don’t get along.

Categorisation of actors has become outdated now.