I think every red-blooded male enjoys brandishing a firearm.

I'm good when I've got a bit of an edge, like the Clint Eastwood type of archetypal character. The tough guy that doesn't say a lot.

Im always trying to improve my skills as an actor. I think it shows in El Gringo; it shows in the new Universal Soldier. You cant rest on your laurels; youve got to keep improving.

You've got to be a certain type of person to be a professional fighter. I prefer to do it for pretend.

I prefer to play the villain or the antihero.

I'll be honest, I never saw myself making a ninja movie, never entertained the idea. I think ninja films can be quite cheesy unless you do them in feudal Japan.

Best fight ever in a movie: 'They Live.' I want to do a martial arts version of that, where you think it's ended, and it just keeps on going. I love that fight. It was funny as well. Unexpected.

And I can't be running back and fourth forever between grief and high delight.

No experiment is ever a complete failure. It can always be used as a bad example.

The longest-lived people eat a plant-based diet. They eat meat but only as a condiment or a celebration. Nothing they eat has a plastic wrapper.

Don't just count your years, make your years count.

Shearer could be at 100 per cent fitness, but not peak fitness.

The worst ruler is one who cannot rule himself.

Eternity does nothing but give.

Our deeds disguise us. People need endless time to try on their deeds, until each knows the proper deeds for him to do. But every day, every hour, rushes by. There is no time.

CNN International, Al-Jazeera and BBC are the same in how they report mostly that America is wrong and bad.

Genre labels are useful only insofar as they help you find an audience.