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I am hoping that I can be known as a great
writer and actor some day, rather than a sex symbol.
I have made a lot of mistakes. But I've worked hard. I have no fear of death. More important, I don't fear life.
On what he thinks are the most important
lessons that one should strive to live by in Aikido: Try to find the
path of least resistance and use it without harming others. Live with
intregrity and morality, not only with people but with all beings.
I
was born with a serious spiritual consciousness and for many years
studied different paths.
I think people are frustrated in this society, where predators prey upon normal, law-abiding citizens, and you never see justice in the courtroom. In my films, the predators don't get away with it.
It
doesn't work if the bad guys kill his mother's uncle's friend's
neighbor's pet dog. You've got to make the stakes high.
The most important seed I can sow in this life is my children, and the love and knowledge that I can bestow upon them and the help I can give them.
Trust
your doubt. Always fight for your beliefs. That is the path beyond
thought.
Try
to find the path of least resistance and use it without harming others.
Live with integrity and morality, not only with people but with all
beings.
On his feelings regarding past movies:
Hollywood is a mercurial place where people are sort of (in the film
business) a victim of their environment and how the environment changes.
Movies that would be timely now, ten years from now would be passé and
nobody would be interested in the subjects. All the movies that I have
done I have not been in control of. Sometimes there is a contractual
situation where you go to the studio and they kind of tell you which
ones they want you to do. Be that as it may I have also been lucky in
the sense that I have been able to make environmentally conscientious
movies as well as politically conscientious movies. ABOVE THE LAW was a
politically conscientious movie. ON DEADLY GROUND was environmentally
conscientious so I want to keep making movies like that which are more
geared with a certain entertainment value but also bring people forward
into contemplation.
You can take away the money and the fame. I don't look at myself as any of those things.
Try to find the path of least resistance and use it without harming others. Live with integrity and morality, not only with people but with all beings.
On Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo:
I've never met her, but my impression of her is that she's very
straight, sincere, honest, really talented president, and I hope she
gets re-elected.
I was born with a serious spiritual consciousness and for many years studied different paths.
On actors who become political leaders:
Reagan was a pretty good one, but I think it really depends on the
situation.
Trust your doubt. Always fight for your beliefs. That is the path beyond thought.
