I was an insecure kid. Once I saw ‘Hercules’ with Steve Reeves, it completely changed my life. If I had never gone to that film, I wouldn’t be here today.
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When I tried to branch out into comedy, I didn’t do very well at it, so I went back to doing what I do naturally well, or what the audience expects from me – action pictures.
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I was an insecure kid. Once I saw ‘Hercules’ with Steve Reeves, it completely changed my life. If I had never gone to that film, I wouldn’t be here today.
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I take rejection as someone blowing a bugle in my ear to wake me up and get going, rather than retreat.
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All good actors are unpredictable, and a little crazy in a good way, because they feel more secure playing other people than themselves.
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A lot of guys don’t want to admit that they have a propensity for generosity and for violence.
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No one will hit you harder than life itself. It doesn’t matter how hard you hit back. It’s about how much you can take, and keep fighting, how much you can suffer and keep moving forward. That’s how you win.
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I’m more focused and have a greater sense of challenge, because I constantly feel the weight of time.
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Movies are a whole different ball-game, now. It’s much more of a business – very scientific.
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Clichés are what good writing is all about. Because our lives are basically clichés.
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When crossing someone’s borders you have to be prepared to engage in a war that is far more brutal than if it were to take place on neutral territory.
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I am a sensitive writer, actor and director. Talking business disgusts me. If you want to talk business, call my disgusting personal manager.
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All young men want to prove themselves.
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The only happy artist is a dead artist, because only then you can’t change. After I die, I’ll probably come back as a paintbrush.
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I think that’s become passe, but if you can surround yourself with a kind of monument to yourself and your family – a statement – and you can afford it, then that’s a noble project.
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Movies are a collective art. Art by proxy.
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You’re a disease. And I’m the cure.
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I know I’m incredibly unpredictable, and that’s the only thing I’m sure of.
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