Quotes

I've lived an amazing life. There's no reason to focus on the bad. They teach you that in racing school. Keep your eye where you want your front tire to be. You don't want to be stuck in the rut? Then don't look at the rut. Always look at where you want to go.

[Commenting on his initial success with Platoon (1986)] It was too easy. I hadn't paid my dues. I felt a sense of entitlement, and I was wrong. . . . It's a good thing my career didn't go anywhere then because maybe I wasn't ready.

[About his father's influence] I could be winning the decathlon in high school, which I've won twice, yet, if my dad is in the audience, 'Oh look! It's Anthony Quinn.' And I'm like, 'Hello? Kid just got a gold medal. Helloooo? I'm over here.'