An actor should be ready to play any role within reason. For example, I think the most ridiculous thing for me to do would be to try and play Shakespeare.

William Holden and I weren't just good friends. He was my very best friend. I feel his loss very much still.

If they try to rush me, I always say, I've only got one other speed and it's slower.

Never give up. Take what life throws at you and throw it right back. If life keeps throwing then you have a tennis match going. Learn to like tennis.

Nothing ever changes as far as Westerns are concerned. They are the same today as they were years ago.

You have to do what you fear, otherwise fear is in charge.

It really doesn't matter whether it's the villain or the hero. Sometimes the villain is the most colorful. But I prefer a part where you don't know what he is until the end.

I've never played anyone but myself on screen.

It feels good. It feels real good.

We have allowed corporations to decide the fate of the cities. We hardly speak of democratic development.

When I'm on camera, I have to do things pretty much the way I do things in everyday life. It gives the audience someone real to identify with.

If your partner is angry with you, recognize that his anger is a misdirected plea for love. Your partner's simply upset because he feels something you said or did was a sign of not loving him enough.

I'm a very private person. My life story isn't for everybody.

I stopped doing drugs when I was 20. I was finished with drugs before Nirvana even started.

You go to other countries and you look at industries they have, and you say, let me see your regulations, and they're a fraction, just a tiny fraction of what we have.

If a person does not harm any living being...and does not kill or cause others to kill - that person is a true spiritual practitioner

The contemporary thing in art and literature is the thing which doesn't make enough difference to the people of that generation so that they can accept it or reject it.

I have not given much credence to reviews of my films. Sometimes they're wrong, but it didn't matter to me.

A liar is always lavish of oaths. [Fr., Un menteur est toujours prodigue de serments.]

You can write a book on how to ruin someone’s perfect day.

The value of an idea lies in the using of it.