I believe any success in life is made by going into an area with blind, furious optimism.

if I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes.

Every light is not the sun.

There is nothing impossible to him who will try.

At the end, when it's over, all that matters is what you've done.

I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.

True love never has a happy ending, because there is no ending to true love.

I think I'm a much better painter than an actor.

I've had a lot of operations. I'm kind of like Franken-actor.

I respect a woman too much to marry her.

Movies are a collective art. Art by proxy.

Rambo isn't violent. I see Rambo as a philanthropist.

Playing polo is like trying to play golf during an earthquake.

The way to be successful in Hollywood is to be as obnoxious as the next guy.

Artists die twice. First creatively. Then physically. The second one is the easiest.

When you're an actor, you're a slave to other people's visions.

Every generation has to find its own heroes.

The older I get the more things I gotta leave behind.

Clothing is the first step to building a character.