At my age, you sort of fart your way into a role..

Well, I was always cast as an artistic homicidal maniac. But at least I was artistic!.

When the camera starts to roll, there is something of death about it..

Fundamentally, people are suckers for the truth..

It's the things we love most that destroy us..

I have been able to play a lot of guys and they have kept me working..

The only thing I feel passionate about is my wife..

I never think of this business as fun. I don't know why. I think I've actually said something about it being fun, but I don't think of it that way. I….

We don't have that much time left to do it. I'm 80. I wanted to be Walter Huston to his John Huston. I wanted him to direct me, not in The Treasure o….

I would look a little silly playing Casanova now..

I come from Nova Scotia, and I'd never seen a theater or been inside of a theater. When I was 17, my dad asked me what I wanted to do, and I said I t….

I have never planned anything. I have been doing this job for over 50 years. I have been paid to work with some wonderful people and it has been a hu….

If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the pearly gates? Oh, you know something? I'm so far away from believing tha….

I was so disappointed [with movie Forsaken], but maybe I hadn't talked enough with the director. I don't know. But, Kiefer worked it out. Kiefer took….

One measurement is worth a thousand expert opinions..

I don't think I have one iota of cynicism about acting..

I have no idea. I get involved because I think there's value in the project and because I love the character that is presented to me. I love the oppo….

I love grabbing my wife and going to a distant location to film..

I'm running out of time, and a Western is America's answer to a Greek tragedy, so that's what we did. [Kiefer] hired Brad [Mirman] to write the scrip….

What the nation's built on is discussion, contradiction and growth, and at the moment you can't discuss anything. If you do start to discuss it, you ….

Why don't you knock it off with them negative waves ?Why don't you dig how beautiful it is out here ?Why don't you say something righteous and hopefu….