Obstacles are only opportunities to succeed or fail; how we handle them determines what will happen.
Sure, I want to be the best actor in the world. But my life is my family, my son, my friends. I don’t know how anyone can find fault with that.
I lost my passion for work. No, that’s a negative statement. I just had a bigger passion for something else, for my son, and growing up with him.
You have to be very careful when you let someone win.
Saving a letter from an old friend doesn’t exist anymore. Everything is texted or emailed.
Never stop asking yourself whether you can do things better. Keep testing every aspect of your business to the nth degree, and challenge every one of your assumptions. The tougher you are on yourself now, the tougher your business will be out there in the real world.
I never saw my dad cry. My son saw me cry. My dad never told me he loved me, and consequently I told Scott I loved him every other minute. The point is, I’ll make less mistakes than my dad, my sons hopefully will make less mistakes than me, and their sons will make less mistakes than their dads.
I never rode a bull – I’m not that stupid.
I’ve never been difficult to anybody or with anybody on a picture. Especially when you’re in that nice status of hierarchy of actors and actresses who get to approve directors. Because once you make that choice, it’s my belief that the director’s boss.
I’ve been lucky. The critics never went out of their way to single me out for doing bad work.
The most talented people are always the nicest.
What I do quite honestly and seriously and not in any way being humble is not as important as what the garbage collector does. People make actors important.
I don’t think silicone makes a girl good or bad.
People are always backing up when I’m just going to shake their hands.
There’s nothing more boring than actors talking about acting.
There’s a big difference between wanting to work and having to work. And I had to learn that the hard way. Now money is very important to me, because I ain’t got it.
There are a lot of guys in Hollywood who clap you on the back just a little too hard.
People say, ‘Gee, you do a lot of mafia movies.’ I think I’ve done two, out of 60.
Sometimes it seems like this is the choice – either kick ass or kiss ass.
Someone’s always saying, “It’s not whether you win or lose,” but if you feel that way, you’re as good as dead.
Stay calm, stay focused, work with the people around you, share the strain, find the solution. Give yourself a chance, not a coronary.