Success is the result of clear goal, unshakable confidence, proper planning, enthusiastic ACTION and consistent persistence..

Showing up every day isn't enough. There are a lot of guys who show up every day who shouldn't have showed up at all..

I always thought of myself as some sort of athlete until I started playing golf a couple years ago..

Observe the masses and do the opposite.

No matter what heights you achieve, even if you're Brad Pitt, the slide is coming, sure as death and taxes..

Sometimes it seems like this is the choice - either kick ass or kiss ass..

You're the only one who's closing your eyes at night. There's no one else who can do it for you..

It's a very charming movie about the mob - a real stretch for me..

I'm sort of a Walter Mitty. I got fewer brain cells than most people, so when I got friendly with cowboys, I started rodeoing. When I was calf-roping….

I went to a shrink once, but I caught him going to a fortune-teller so I quit..

I'll see a beautiful girl walking up to me and I'll think, Oh, my God, I can't believe my good luck. But then she'll say, 'Where's your son?' or 'My ….

I've been lucky. The critics never went out of their way to single me out for doing bad work..

You have to be very careful when you let someone win..

There's nothing more boring than actors talking about acting..

I've never been difficult to anybody or with anybody on a picture. Especially when you're in that nice status of hierarchy of actors and actresses wh….

There are a lot of guys in Hollywood who clap you on the back just a little too hard..

Never stop asking yourself whether you can do things better. Keep testing every aspect of your business to the nth degree, and challenge every one of….

I won't mention names, but in my career, the most talented people invariably are the easiest and nicest to get along with..

People say, 'Gee, you do a lot of mafia movies.' I think I've done two, out of 60..

One night I went over to get some dope from some Hollywood tough guy. After I left, my son Scott, who was only fifteen, went over with a baseball bat….

There's a big difference between wanting to work and having to work. And I had to learn that the hard way. Now money is very important to me, because….