Quotes

[about being called volatile] What do they say about all the guys that are tremendous actors? Don't they say they have a volatile temper and emotions? Yeah, sure they do! They're not saying they like a nice, mild guy. Look at Sean Penn.

[on receiving his first Oscar nomination] People are finally realizing I'm one of the few actors who has never missed a performance. I've worked with broken legs, arms, ankles. I once passed a kidney stone during the opening night of a show.

Never think you're better than anyone else, but don't let anyone treat you like you're worse than they are.

I honor religion except when it gets into shedding blood.

I used to be friends with Miles Davis. He didn't like many folks. I lived across the street from him.

If you're lucky enough to have a pretty girl love you and share herself and sleep with you, make that your secret. The best way to spoil love is by talking to too many people about it.

If I could just get a piece of lemon, it'd be great.

You can never turn your back on the ocean.

Don't ever humiliate a man. If you're gonna have to dress him out, you take him aside and do it that way. That's the one thing I don't like about Hollywood: They go in for public humiliation. You shouldn't do that to a man.

Be your own politics, grow your own garden, and maybe you can help out more.

When I grew up people said, "You'll never be the man your dad was". And I said, "Gee, I hope not".

I've got two old Volvos, two old Subarus and an old Ford Ranger. If you've got an old car, you've gotta have at least several old cars, 'cause one's always gonna be in the garage.

Let the other guys do the crybaby stuff. Go for the laughs.

I think most actors are shy. I really do. The greatest actors can disappear. I had friends call me the Blend-In Man.

I've never hit anybody who hasn't clocked me two or three times.

Anything new is always considered the devil's tool.

Everybody says, "You impress me as a guy who never wanted to be a movie star". I say, "Everybody in the world wants to be a movie star".

There's always some kind of blacklist throughout history. But the difference is, in America they usually let you live.