When he was off the screen, he was just a down-to-earth guy and fun
For two years after that picture, you couldn't get me to smile. I played the part the way I did because the script struck me as funny and the part I played made me laugh. The guy was such a ridiculous beast.
I know I've made kind of a half-assed career out of violence, but I abhor violence
I am an ardent supporter of gun control. It seems incredible to me that we are the only civilized nation that does not put some effective control on guns.
Like most small-town boys, I had the urge to get to the big city and make a name for myself
I was a movie nut from the age of 3, but I don't recall having any interest in acting.
Dick was just one of the nicest guys I ever worked with: very, very professional, very, very prepared and he couldn't have been more cooperative
He would have little comments to make during rehearsal about a scene and it was never a suggestion that would enhance him ... It was always to enhance someone else in the scene and I thought that was very courageous of him.
I've discovered in my dotage that I now find the whole moviemaking process irritating. I don't have the patience anymore. I've got a few more years to live, and I don't want to spend them sitting around a movie set for 12 hours to do two minutes of film.