I play tough guys in movies and behaved like one in front of the press because I thought that was what a man did.

I like to touch things. In my house I have a lot of velvet drapes and thick, lush couches.

Why am I the way I am? Well, I used to be different.

If someone messes with me, I'm going to mess with them.

It was dog food. Beef livers with onions in a can. You open it up and it looks like vomit.

Although I get so much fan mail from Great Britain, tell me, am I more famous there than Michael Madsen?

I weighed 190 when I got to boot camp, I came out at 178. I ate only the beans and tomato sauce.

I didn't come to Hollywood to drink or get high, and I don't want to be considered a cool actor - I want to be a great actor.

I know that 20 years from now if anyone asks me one question, it will be, 'What was it like to be in Saving Private Ryan?

I think being a movie star is about whether an audience can watch you and care about you.

I'm afraid of the dark. I'm not kidding.

Competition may help us create better products and services but in the end competition really seeks to destroy the opponent. To put him out of the power to compete against you.

I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.

You'd have to be pretty hard-nosed not to feel some sympathy for the guy [Doctor Strange].

I'm a very physical person. I like to run and I like to work out.

You know what really keeps your staff on their toes? A harpoon gun.

The true hero fights and dies in the name of his destiny, and not in the name of a belief.

It's a very organic process, and it has a specific order to it. I love to write, and once you've written, then you arrange. After the arrangement, you record it, and then you tour it.

In many ways for black actors there's been two leading guys: It's Will Smith vs. Denzel [Washington].

I like playing the guy on the sidelines. They have more fun.

I'd love to venture into TV or do some gritty dramas - Guy Ritchie, that kind of thing.