I`ve never looked at my career in terms of, What haven`t I done that I want to do? I just generally find a story that I think is a good one and go to work.

Society questions the police and their methods, and the police say, Do you want the criminals off the street or not?

I usually hang out on the set. I get to know everybody. I have a nice time with the other actors.

Acting was something that just came along. But I made good money, so it wasn`t something I was just going to put aside and pretend it didn`t exist.

My first year of pro ball I played in the Northwest league and made the all-star team, and the next year I played I led the team in hitting and was third or fifth in the league.

If I see one side of somebody, I want to see the other side.

I got a kick out of the stands when they would heckle me. I would take the energy from that.

I was brought up by two people who just said, Whatever it is you`re interested in, go do it. There is no winning or losing. You find out when you do it what the experience is.

I can evaluate a player in a very short period of time because I`m very close to that game, very educated in that game and played the game for a long, long time. I wasn`t just a guy with talent. I learned a lot about the game.

We are in a democratic society. It`s our job to question.

I do get cynical, but what can you do? It doesn`t make any difference.

If they`re willing to pay you what you think you`re worth for it, that`s why an actor goes to work. A lot of times they want to pay you a lot for a picture you don`t want to do.

I know I come off differently than I think of myself. I`m always surprised by what people say about me.

For guys playing sports at a high level, for money, I can`t put my finger on it, but in a man`s world of sport, there is something visceral to beating another man.

I started playing ball when I was a kid. My dad was a pro ball player and he passed on his knowledge to me.

When I was working on my career, I was very aware of what I had done, what I wanted to do next. I`m having a good time just reading things that might be interesting to do.

I don`t really look for specific types of projects any more. I`m not taking care of a career anymore. I`m just having fun acting.

[Talking about the fight scene with Ox Baker from Escape from New York (1981)]: "I remember Dick Warlock helped set up the fight and he came out with this big purple lump on the side of his head, and all he said to me was `Keep your head down and be careful, man.`"

I wasn`t really serious about acting - I was serious about baseball.

If it hadn`t been for the videocassette, I may not have had a career at all.

When you think you`re good, you will play at that level. If you doubt yourself, you will play like crap.

I played professional level sports. When you`re playing for money, it`s a whole other level.

Human beings, from their own point of view, are very different than what people see.

When you first are in front of the camera as a young person, you`d be surprised at all the insecurities you can get.

We all do that thing which is the best in movies - we relate.

I always look forward to working with Goldie because she`s a great person to work with.

I no longer look at my life and times in the motion picture industry as my career. I just look at it now as something I like and want to do.

To go on about acting as art is ridiculous. If it is an art, then it`s a very low form. You don`t have to be gifted just to hit a mark and say a line. And as far as I`m concerned, hitting my marks and knowing my lines is 90% of the job. I`m always criticized for talking like that. Maybe the reason I do it is that I never got the chance to develop a real desire to act. I was acting by the time I was nine so it seemed like a natural thing to do. Anyone who finds acting difficult just shouldn`t be doing it.

You know, when Escape from New York (1981) first came out, a lot of people said, `I don`t quite understand this movie ... is this some kind of comment that, like, New York is a prison?` and years later a lot of people are saying, `You know, New York is looking a lot like that movie.` In Escape from L.A. (1996), it`s a story about a guy who just wants a cigarette. He just wants a cigarette! Everybody laughed back then because there was no red meat, no cigarettes in the movie. Well, look around! It`s happening! You can barely smoke a cigarette anymore and although I quit smoking six months ago, the anti-smoking laws are enough to make me want to smoke!

My generation couldn`t stand me and I couldn`t stand them. In high school I was to the right of being straight. I believed in the work ethic, making money, and they all had this beef with the nation. Vietnam disappointed me because we didn`t win.

"I was brought up as a Republican. But when I realized that at the end of the day there wasn`t much difference between a Democrat and Republican, I became a libertarian."

[Talking about the fight scene with Ox Baker from Escape from New York (1981)]:

"If it hadn`t been for video cassette, I may not have had a career at all."

"I seem to have a knack for picking movies that go on to be cult favorites."

"If it ain`t broke, don`t fix it." (On why he won`t marry Goldie Hawn)