“I always liked characters that were more grounded in reality.”

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.

That’s the secret to a movie career – just keeping an open mind.

A lot of people are bored of all the political correctness.

There’s only one way to have a happy marriage and as soon as I learn what it is I’ll get married again.

I haven’t killed anybody all day. Help me keep it that way.

Nothing wrong with shooting, as long as the right people get shot.

Aging can be fun if you lay back and enjoy it.

You spend your life training to be an actor, observing people’s characteristics so that you can design characters around what you’ve seen.

The prospect of dating someone in her twenties becomes less appealing as you get older. At some point in your fife, your tolerance level goes down and you realize that, with someone much younger, there’s nothing really to talk about.

A good man always knows his limitations.

Directing is more like you’re being a psychologist and you’re kind of analyzing the situation and evaluating each person for their idiosyncrasies.

I am an actor, and I would like to reinvent myself through every character that I portray.

A family is a place where principles are hammered and honed on the anvil of everyday living.

You don’t get to be a jerk just because you’re skilled.

Your success stops where your character stops. You can never rise above the limitations of your character.

Communists are frustrated capitalists.

How well you treat the wicked people, they don’t give up their wickedness. They derive pleasure in hurting others. A serpent made to drink milk, it ejects poison only.

I am sweet and diplomatic in real life.

When a storm comes, it is the trees that get uprooted. Be as humble as the grass and nothing can touch you.