Is that what I've become, a piece of meat?

I choose films for their artistic value. I don't need a mansion or a Jaguar. When I leave this Earth, I won't take any money with me. All I will leave behind will be my art.

If you've never tried drugs, DON'T. And if you have, pray.

Mickey Rourke was the Brad Renfro of the '80s.

I auditioned at the Radisson in Knoxville, and I just did what I always do. I just try to believe what I'm doing.

I don't go out and get arrested anymore. The most extravagant thing I do these days is play golf. I'm like an old man.

Everybody thinks I'm, like, a bad boy. I've had my day, but I just sit at home and play the blues mostly.

You got a God. Don't make no difference if you don' know what he looks like.

The most important question I ever asked a priest was where are the Bingo Dobbers at?

As long as I live, so long do I learn.

Britain is famous for being great at inventing and poor at commercializing.

It was like watching a movie being played on the blank screen of his mind; the only difference was that he did not get bored, no matter how many times he watched it.

The durability of free speech and free press rests on the simple concept that it search for the truth and tell the truth.

Mel Gibson is a tremendously talented creative individual who, unfortunately, is also a conflicted personality. He himself would say that.

Most spiritual experiences begin with suffering. They begin with groundlessness. They begin when the rug has been pulled out from under us.

Blest be the art that can immortalize,--the art that baffles time's tyrannic claim to quench it.