An actor cannot be a censor. I'm there to interpret.

One man can change the world with a bullet in the right place.

The definition of insanity in Texas is so insane that it's impossible to be insane in Texas.

Once you commit to something, you've got to commit the whole way. Try and make the best of it.

The most dangerous people are always clever, compelling, and charismatic.

If you look a little punkish, then they’re going to give you the parts. And if you play an iconic villain early on in your career, you tend to get asked to play one over and over and over again.

You know, I've had an incredible career and I'm blessed.

Let's not get too precious about it: actors are not heart surgeons or brain surgeons. We are just entertaining people.

There are no great scripts - just great films.

Real greatness comes from that sort of spontaneity of the moment that takes it into another level. That can never be planned; it happens or it doesn't. And you can't force it.

My favorite actor who played villains - who could play anything, really - was Jimmy Cagney.

When what you are insulted by meets what you have a strong desire to do, then that would bring you significance.

I forgive him and like water draining from the sand after a wave, the power he held over me disappears. A slow smile rises on my face.

People don't win because they're physically stronger. It's because they're stronger between the ears.

I tell jokes to pay my green fees.

A good friend will help you plant your tulips. A great friend will help you plant a gun on the unarmed intruder you just shot.

What a country, and what a culture, when the liberals cry before they are hurt, and the reactionaries pose as brave nonconformists, while the radicals make a fetish of their own jokey irrelevance.

Lord, give to me who are old and rougher The things that little children suffer, And let keep bright and undefiled The young years of the little child.

After I reached my teens I decided I didn't want to hang out with anyone. I couldn't handle the stupidity.

I'm a comedian at the beginning and the end of the day. I'm not affiliated with any campaign, nor do I generally find politics interesting enough to plan to be involved.

Sometimes you have to do what you don't like to get to where you want to be.