Actor

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

I never saw my dad cry. My son saw me cry. My dad never told me he loved me, and consequently I told Scott I loved him every other minute. The point is, I'll make less mistakes than my dad, my sons hopefully will make less mistakes than me, and their sons will make less mistakes than their dads.

I didn't have parents I could take a million dollars from. We were a lower-class family.

To get over my divorce, I got a prescription to live at the Playboy Mansion for a while.

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

I rodeo-ed for nine years. That's my other life.

Actors have bodyguards and entourages not because anybody wants to hurt them - who would want to hurt an actor? - but because they want to get recognized. God forbid someone doesn't recognize them.

Saving a letter from an old friend doesn't exist anymore. Everything is texted or emailed.

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

I lost my passion for work. No, that's a negative statement. I just had a bigger passion for something else, for my son, and growing up with him.

I remember at 16 years old, growing up in Queens, we were punks, but hey, when we went to the theater, we wore a shirt and tie! Similarly, I believe that to keep movie theaters in existence, they're gonna have to make 'em an event, have a couch, a table and drinks or something. Otherwise, there's no reason to get out of your bed!

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

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

Anyone of my generation who tells you he hasn't 'done Brando' is lying.

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 don't think silicone makes a girl good or bad.

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 to kill him. I was laughing out of one eye and crying out of the other. I thought, Who am I kidding?

I am no longer willing to take parts in films and/or television shows which detract from the 50 years I have spent building my reputation.

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, there was something about the dirt that made me feel clean.

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.