I was single-minded on what I wanted to do since I was like nine or ten.

Making movies is never going to get better than working on a Coen brothers project.

Sometimes, you get the bear. Sometimes, the bear gets you.

Everyone is so preoccupied by youth. People talk about how the movie business is a microcosm of the bigger picture, or life imitating art, but the business is guilty for getting women out of the way.

I think I might have been a more interesting actor, had more of a career earlier on, if I had more formal preparation. When I see something ten years later that I was in I think, 'Boy, would I love to do that over.

The opportunity, number one, to work with Ang Lee is an amazing thing for me.

Any of these Vietnam vets that have been there and know the deal, they don't feel that any Hollywood endeavor about the Vietnam era has ever gotten it right yet.

I'll do anything. I'll shave my head for the right job. I'm partial to my facial hair, I guess, but I also enjoy doing something where I look totally different, which is kind of the reason why I've always worn long hair. I can really change my look radically by getting rid of it.

I've spent my entire career on horseback or on a motorcycle. It boxes you in, the way people perceive you.

I'm not a quick study, so I'm always struggling for my words right up until.