Good action films - not crap, but good action films - are really morality plays. They deal in modern, mythic culture.

There's a natural law of karma that vindictive people, who go out of their way to hurt others, will end up broke and alone.

I have great expectations for the future, because the past was highly overrated.

I take rejection as someone blowing a bugle in my ear to wake me up and get going, rather than retreat.

Playing polo is like trying to play golf during an earthquake.

Rambo isn't violent. I see Rambo as a philanthropist.

Action is always seen as the bottom rung of thespian endeavour, that's just the way it is.

When you're pushed killing is as easy as breathing.

Back there I could fly a gunship, I could drive a tank, I was in charge of million dollar equipment, back here I can't even hold a job PARKING CARS!

I tend to think of action movies as exuberant morality plays in which good triumphs over evil.

Don't be gullible, use life before it uses you. Understand there are no free lunches, and for every action you take, there's a reaction.

Very frequently, you should sit back and appreciate a lot of the small blessings in your life that most people take for granted. Doing so would give you the peace of mind that most people don't have.

This week I've travelled more than 15,000 miles from America to China to Burma to Australia. I have no idea what time it is right now.

Hills are terrific for running

I would sooner live in a cottage and wonder at everything than live in a castle and wonder at nothing!

The only way to break the chains of fear and doubt is to know in your heart that God loves you-no matter what.

It's hard being black. You ever been black? I was black once - when I was poor.

God is the collective ego of the world

There is no civilization that did not begin with art, Whether it was drawing a line in the sand, painting a cave or dancing.

Enough of talking: It is time now to do.