I was the fattest baby in Clark County, Arkansas. They put me in the newspaper. It was like a prize turnip.

Robert Mitchum sounded different from John Wayne, and John Wayne sounded different from Clark Gable.

This isn't a county sale barn where we're bidding on a prize heifer. There is more we need to do. We need reform,

Movies these days have made killers into funny people. What's that all about? I've got kids and family and friends, and I don't like bad things. I don't think they're funny, and it's irresponsible to make movies that don't show you how that's not good.

I believe in running through the rain and crashing into the person you love and having your lips bleed on each other.

Getting the nomination is like gravy. Winning would be like whatever is better than gravy.