“To wear your heart on your sleeve isn’t a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.”

“If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.”

“If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman.”

“It takes a smart brunette to play a dumb blonde.”

“I’m trying to find the nailhead, not just strike the blow.”

“I never wanted to be Marilyn — it just happened. Marilyn’s like a veil I wear over Norma Jeane.”

“Please quote me right!”

I'm a big Bruce Lee fan, and if I saw Bruce Lee try to be some namby-pamby lawyer, I'd want my money back.

The most frustrating thing about injuries is that they take so bloody long to heal.

Revenge is a caustic thing. I say, Breathe in, breathe deeply, let it go.

I'm certainly not Tom Cruise or Brad Pitt.

I'm very fussy. I'm very hard to please.

I'm enthusiastic and ambitious, and I work hard.

We were diving in caves. It wasn't totally safe.

If you're going to do something, do it with style!

In my misspent youth, I was risky.

When I'm getting ready for a movie, let's just say my diet is 'The Antisocial Diet.' I don't go to restaurants. I don't eat what I really want to eat. I don't eat much. I eat small things frequently. Lots of protein and greens. And I don't eat with people, because there's a tendency to get social and then to overeat.

A franchise is dictated on the success of doing one film right, so if you can get it done correctly, you've got a chance of something else, but sometimes it just doesn't work that way. Ideally, it's insurance for the future; if you can do something, if you can find a character that people really do like, then you're very lucky.

I could take my grandma and put her in a cape, and they'll put her on a green screen, and they'll have stunt doubles come in and do all the action. Anybody can do it. They're relying on stunt doubles and green screen and $200 million budgets - it's all CGI created. To me, it's not authentic.

I go to this gym full of stunt men. There aren't any TVs or treadmills there. This is a spit-and-sawdust kind of place. It has a lot of great training aids - trampolines and bags and every weapon ever invented to do harm to a human being. If you want to know how to throw a knife, it's great.

Take a martial art or a sport, something that gives you a skill, engages the body, and allows you the possibility of being great - or at least being active. You'll find your confidence. Without it, you're nothing. It's the remedy for everything.

Your body is like a piece of dynamite. You can tap it with a pencil all day, but you'll never make it explode. You hit it once with a hammer: Bang! Get serious. Do 40 hard minutes, not an hour and half of nonsense. It's so much more rewarding.

Bruce Lee was just so lightning-fast. People try to emulate him in whatever way they can, but to try and do what he was doing... you're just inspired by it; you're not trying to say, 'Look, I can do that.' No one can do what he did.

“I don’t forgive people because I’m weak, I forgive them because I am strong enough to know people make mistakes.”