It's not really a preparation when you know the character that you're playing. It's not too difficult. It would be more difficult the first time, I guess.

I am my own worst critic and I am hell to pay so I just have to do everything to my utmost ability.

Since I do seven different styles of martial arts, I don't foresee myself fighting the same in any two movies. I think every fighting style should fit the character that's doing the fighting.

In reality, there are very few villains who view themselves as villains. They just have a certain agenda at a certain time.

When you don't have much money, you get creative. There's so much money that gets wasted on big movie sets. But when you don't have much money, you improvise.

I enjoy playing real human beings after playing a lot of larger than life characters. I love playing true to life characters and that is what I intend to do for the majority of my career.

Most people say I look mean, and because I play so many tough roles and because of my size and my martial arts background, they think I am, but I'm really not.

To me, the responsibility of an actor is to recreate humanity honestly. I never feel like an actor, I always look at it from a blue collar perspective.

I don't cook. I think they named the 'Mike'-rowave after me.

I love the '70s. I think the '70s had the best music and the best movies.

I enjoy logic and logic puzzles. And filmmaking is one fun logic puzzle that you gotta win.

Mindfulness practice helps create space between our actual experiences and the reflexive stories we tend to tell about them.

Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.

I'm not a tech guy. I'm looking at the technology with the eyes of my customers, normal people's eyes.

I didn't give myself enough breaks during the training year to recover. I didn't understand the power of periodization.

Love is in the air but the air is highly polluted

I-man say don't make jah body a graveyard for de dead animals.

Wells Fargo behaves better than the average big bank. But nobody's perfect.

It is important to have questionable friends you can trust unconditionally.

Papanicolaou published for 15 years before anyone would listen to him, but now you find (the) ACS extolling the virtue of the Pap test.

Art class was like a religious ceremony to me. I would wash my hands carefully before touching paper or pencils. The instruments of work were sacred objects to me.