There are a lot of wannabe men in Hollywood. But when you have that Hollywood mentality, there aren't a lot of real, grounded people.

That's the worst thing for an actor: when you say to someone, "Yeah, I was in that movie," and they say, "You were?"

It's not whether you fall or make a mistake, it's what you do when you fall. And I say you stand up. You keep standing up. It's not how many times you fall, it's how many times you stand up.

I really believe that breath, in and of itself can become the ultimate self-healing tool.

I used to be a street performer, and performances on Venice Beach, it's like playing the Apollo: They let you know if they don't like you!

Kids keep getting wiser younger, which is dangerous, and adults need to stop taking themselves too seriously.

You can't just replace someone with a regular-looking guy who didn't say any of the lines.

I don't know if many people realize that Dolph Lundgren is a chemical engineer. He's not a dumb blond guy. This guy is smart and he's a martial artist.

The power of Hollywood, as we know, is that it can create these images in people's minds, and they live with those images for their whole life.

Bruce Lee was the first guy to bring film recognition of Asian men not being wimps, so it made me want to be as powerful as he was.

I've been in a lot of cult movies, but I've been very fortunate to have been involved in projects that people remember.

Slavery is but half abolished, emancipation is but half completed, while millions of freeman with votes in their hands are left without education.

There is no logical way to the discovery of these elemental laws. There is only the way of intuition, which is helped by a feeling for the order lying behind the appearance.

Two fundamental literary qualities: supernaturalism and irony.

I never think about a movie when I'm writing a book, because I think only two things could happen and both of them are bad. You write a lousy novel and a lousy film.

I want to give as many Canadians the opportunity to be successful and if we can use their athletic gifts to get them a free degree or a free diploma across the border then I guess I'm doing my job.

Liberals believe that they can't get a fair shake from the media anymore.

I'm not a comedian. I don't make things funny if they're not funny. I don't invent funny stuff.

Louis Armstrong, who learned to be in exquisite dress, came from the bottom, and he's not a trash can.

I think as I have got older, I have got a bit more relaxed, although you might not think that if you heard me screaming at my kids.

You're filled with so much life. Is there any reason why all of us are not full of life?