Just telling a story. That's cinema. It's not silent, black and white. It's a simple story that's well made.

I watched Gene Kelly for his smile, for his energy. Vittorio Gassman for his movement. Clark Gable for his mustache. And I watched Lassie who was happy as a dog.

I've never concerned myself with the labels people want to put on you. What matters to me is my own estimation.

I wasn't dyslexic, I was just very slow. I passed my time daydreaming.

I don't represent myself as a star, but an actor who wants to make movies.

I don't care about my image.

I like simple things. I like being in my family in the South and playing petanque.

I watched a lot of Douglas Fairbanks movies. He always played the same role with a mustache. Zorro had a mustache. The Musketeer had a mustache. Tarzan had a mustache.

I like the hot-cold, the sugar-salt, being able to play over-the-top and dramatic things - in the same film. Just as in my life, I can be very funny and at other times almost extinguished.

In many cases for an actor it's a comfortable position to be in. But it's harder to fail as a director.

I don't want everyone to like me, and I don't choose who likes me. You have to give them the choice, give them the option.

We too often forget that not only is there 'a soul of goodness in things evil, ' but very generally also, a soul of truth in things erroneous.

The Challenge in Life is not to have the absence of Fear, but to have the Courage to overcome it.

Your brightest light will take you to your greatest heights.

I just think that sports movies have such a built-in visceral, rooting interest, an epic win or lose redemptive quality. When they get it right, it can make for a really rousing movie experience.

The problem is that for women, the average time is just over 14 minutes... men are left with about 12 minutes during which time they need to think of something to do!

All politicians promise that which they cannot deliver. I just wish they did so less gleefully.

I'm grateful for all the attention because it validates I'm doing something.

This ain't a war... It's a goddam whorehouse.

If you're going to steal a car, don't steal a mail vehicle. They don't mess around. I mean, have fun, steal all the cars you want, but don't steal a U.S. Mail vehicle.

It is bad enough that so many people believe things without any evidence. What is worse is that some people have no conception of evidence and regard facts as just someone else's opinion.