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

The more time you have to think things through, the more you have to screw it up.

I know what you’re thinking ‘Did he fire six shots or only five?

I believe in my gut. Most people intellectualize their instincts away, but when you feel something, you have to go for it. A Fistful of Dollars was a great instinct for me, because here I was, a guy who’s doing Rawhide.

When you’re young, you’re very reckless. Then you get conservative. Then you get reckless again.

Nowadays, politically, everybody is promising everything. That’s the only way you can get elected.

I try to stick to a vegan diet heavy on fruit and vegetables.

They say marriages are made in Heaven. But so is thunder and lightning.

You, me, we own this country. Politicians are employees of ours, And when somebody does not do the job, we got to let them go.

I do believe in self-help.

Michael Moore and I actually have a lot in common. We both appreciate living in a country where there’s free expression. But Michael, if you ever show up at my front door with a camera, I’ll kill you. I mean it.

There are two kinds of people in this world. ‘I’ people and ‘we’ people. I’ve always tried to be a ‘we’ person.

The guys who won World War II and that whole generation have disappeared, and now we have a bunch of teenage twits.

You have to feel confident. If you don’t, then you’re going to be hesitant and defensive, and there’ll be a lot of things working against you.

I mean, I’ve always been a libertarian. Leave everybody alone. Let everybody else do what they want. Just stay out of everybody else’s hair.

Crimes against children are the most heinous crime. That, for me, would be a reason for capital punishment because children are innocent and need the guidance of an adult society.

Whether you like it or not, you’re forced to come to the realisation that death is out there. But I don’t fear death, I’m a fatalist. I believe when it’s your time, that’s it. It’s the hand you’re dealt.

If you are afraid to take a chance, take one anyway. What you don’t do can create the same regrets as the mistakes you make.

If you are going to win the fight of your life, you can’t be afraid to fight.

I get really afraid of those little comforts, those things that make us feel like we did something great, because I’ve done nothing. I’ve done nothing. I mean that sincerely.

Most people are afraid of change, but if you look at it as something you can always count on, then it can be a comfort.

What have you always wanted to do but been afraid to attempt? Whatever it is, it may be your greatest opportunity in life.

You are only afraid if you are not in harmony with yourself. People are afraid because they have never owned up to themselves.

If you are afraid of making mistakes, you won’t learn anything and you won’t make much money.

One is never afraid of the unknown; one is afraid of the known coming to an end.