I have never worked with anyone who I hold in higher esteem than Chris Menges. He's an absolute, bona fide, authentic artist.

I had great qualms about playing a man who was living. I've never met Walt McCandless, and I never will.

The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.

The man who never in his mind and thoughts travel'd to heaven is no artist.

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.

I was held hostage and almost executed by a man who was robbing us in the middle of the night.