“No, I don’t have to practice that grunt. You just do it. Once you’re in character, you’re in character. You don’t sit there purposely thinking, Well, I’ll grunt here, or I’ll groan there.”

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.

Instead of calling everybody names, start being more understanding.

A lot of people are realizing they had the wool pulled over their eyes by Obama.

President Obama is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people.

People love westerns worldwide. There’s something fantasy-like about an individual fighting the elements. Or even bad guys and the elements. It’s a simpler time. There’s no organized laws and stuff.

I’d like to be a bigger and more knowledgeable person ten years from now than I am today. I think that for all of us as we grow older, we must discipline ourselves to continue expanding, broadening, learning, keeping our minds active and open.

I’m interested in the fact that the less secure a man is, the more likely he is to have extreme prejudice.

I keep working because I learn something new all the time.

There’s a lot of great movies that have won the Academy Award, and a lot of great movies that haven’t. You just do the best you can.

An awful lot of good movies have gone unrecognized, and an awful lot of bad movies have had tremendous recognition. As long as you keep that in mind, you are never really disappointed.

Nobody knows diddly. They just think they do. And the people that think they know the most know the least.

Just trust your instincts. There’s an old saying in golf, you’ve studied the swing many times, and you practice and practice, but when you stand over the ball, you just have to trust your swing. And you trust it. And if you don’t trust it, you’ll ruin it; your brain will take over.

I’d say people get to work and start being more understanding of everybody – instead of calling everybody names, start being more understanding. But get in there and get it done. Kick ass and take names. And this may be my dad talking, but don’t spend what you don’t have.

First, I blow a hole in your face; then I go back inside, and sleep like a baby… I guarantee you.

A woman of generous character will sacrifice her life a thousand times over for her lover, but will break with him for ever over a question of pride.

To be honest, I don’t think I’m the best role model in the world. I’m pretty immature sometimes.

I became an actor so I can show you characters and never have to show you me.

Character, my friends, is a byproduct. It is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.

I just don’t care what people have to say. I keep pushing toward what I want. It’s just how I am. I don’t know where I got it from.

About Superman and Batman: the former is how America views itself, the latter, darker character is how the rest of the world views America.

What personality does it take to drive a car around a track 100 times or hit a ball back and forth. That’s not very personality is it?

You choose your friends by their character and your socks by their color.