Once is a man's life, for one mortal moment, he must make a grab for immorality; if not, he has not lived.

When I was a kid, my mother used to feed me mashed-potato sandwiches, brussel sprout sandwiches; my brain cells were starving from lack of food. I'll eat anything. I'll eat dirt.

Most action is based on redemption and revenge, and that's a formula. Moby Dick was formula. It's how you get to the conclusion that makes it interesting.

A lot of women read male magazines. Of course, a lot of guys read female magazines, but they've got another issue to deal with. But a lot of women read men's magazines and think, 'Oh, this is what these guys are thinking? Studying up on the enemy here.'

We're all expendable. We think the world's going to stop when a pope dies, or a king. And then... life goes on.

The day I can't walk is the day I quit movies.

Painting is as close as a person can get to actually capturing the heat of the moment.