People asked if I could have played the Terminator. Are you kidding? Not a chance, I never could have played the Terminator.

There's a natural law of karma that vindictive people, who go out of their way to hurt others, will end up broke and alone.

I have great expectations for the future, because the past was highly overrated.

I take rejection as someone blowing a bugle in my ear to wake me up and get going, rather than retreat.

Playing polo is like trying to play golf during an earthquake.

Rambo isn't violent. I see Rambo as a philanthropist.

Action is always seen as the bottom rung of thespian endeavour, that's just the way it is.

When you're pushed killing is as easy as breathing.

Back there I could fly a gunship, I could drive a tank, I was in charge of million dollar equipment, back here I can't even hold a job PARKING CARS!

I tend to think of action movies as exuberant morality plays in which good triumphs over evil.

Don't be gullible, use life before it uses you. Understand there are no free lunches, and for every action you take, there's a reaction.

If your vision is bigger than you are, look for partners who are bigger than your vision.

There is a big difference between being centered and being self-centered

I think all actors - they'll hate me for saying this - but we are babies. We like to be loved, and we'll do anything if we're loved.

Everybody in Hollywood was in Around the World in 80 Days. If you weren't, you left town and made up an excuse.

My definition of elegance is the achievement of a given functionality with a minimum of mechanism and a maximum of clarity.

A crown should not sit easy on the head.

I want to be remembered for only one thing: my contribution to aviation.

I have never, ever sought validation from the arbiters of British poetic taste.

By the way, I know about the kiss." Then the door clicks shut behind him.

I consider myself something of a raconteur. I have a rather audacious sense of humour.