American Quotes

Change is not an event, it's a process.

But one thing that's constant is we've always appreciated fans. They put us on the map and they keep us on the map. I always put myself in their position. If I loved someone and had their posters all over my wall and met them and they were rude it would be very hurtful.

The part you don't expect when you start out is all the people who come into your life wanting a piece of you, not caring about your wellbeing. The insane schedule is very difficult. Touring looks very glamourous but it's hard and gruelling - the travelling, the meet-and-greets - it was too crazy.

Rap is hardcore street music but there are women out there who can hang with the best male rappers. What holds us back is that girls tend to rap in these high, squeaky voices. It's irritating. You've gotta rap from the diaphragm.

I'm at a point in my life where I have something solid now. I'm a peaceful person, and I want to be surrounded by peace no matter what I'm doing.

Christians often want to hide behind the walls of the church, where we are comfortable, but sometimes we have to come out of the box.

The best form of flattery is to be admired, imitated or respected. I've always felt proud our fans look up to us or feel we are inspirational.

You know, stand-up comedy is where I pretty much started out.

Work begets work.

Westerns was why I got into the business. I grew up on a small farm in California and all I ever wanted to do was to play gangsters and cowboys in movies.

The interesting part of the process is developing the character, you know, why did he become that? Why is the guy a murderer, or why is this guy a pervert, or whatever he is. So that's the fun part for me to delve into the abyss.

The best thing about Sci-Fi, which is my favorite genre, is that there are no rules for behavior. So you can do anything you want.

The bad guys are the best parts.

Since very early in my career, I have always did my own stunt fighting.

Producing is nothing more than bringing all the elements together, connecting people.

My whole deal when I do accents or dialects is I gotta fool the locals. If I fool the locals then I've done my job.

My dad had a movie theater so I was there every night.

Larry Kasdan is a great director.

In the '70s, everybody was doing drugs, so long as you showed up and did your work, they'd use you until you died.

I've never considered myself a leading man, don't look like one, don't want to be one.

I'm big and a lot of the stars are smaller so if you're big and mean looking, you play bad guys. After Blade Runner, I was the meanest guy in Hollywood.

I'm a parrot. I can pick up an accent and just do it.

I'm a character actor, so I don't take the hit if the movie's bad, the lead does. So, I don't want to be the lead. He takes the hit, I don't.

I was a different kind of kid, oversensitive and all that.

I still do television. I don't care. I just want to work. I love to work. I want to do 500 movies.

I prayed to God for help and I put myself in a recovery house called Studio 12. It was for people in the business and you didn't have to have any money to go, which was good because I was broke.

I never play a villain that I don't have something I can either do or say so the audience sees there is something redeemable about them. In other words, I don't want to do evil for evil's sake. I don't want to do Jason slasher movies. There's no point in that.

I did 125 films, and over 100 television shows, and you've never seen the same character twice.

I couldn't say no to jobs and I couldn't say no to drugs. I'd get high from a movie, I'd be somebody else because I didn't particularly like me, so long as I had a script in my hand, I was okay. As soon as the movie was over, I didn't know what to do.

I could talk about Blade Runner forever.