I'm a character actor, so I don't take the hit if the movie's bad, the lead does. So, I don't want to be the lead. He takes the hit, I don't.

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Blade Runner helped make my career. Everybody was in it. Who knew?

Blade Runner helped make my career. Everybody was in it. Who knew?

I prayed to God for help and I put myself in a recovery house called...

I prayed to God for help and I put myself in a recovery house called...

Since very early in my career, I have always did my own stunt fighting.

Since very early in my career, I have always did my own stunt fighting.

I liked the drama of getting stoned.

I liked the drama of getting stoned.

I still do television. I don't care. I just want to work. I love to...

I still do television. I don't care. I just want to work. I love to...

My dad had a movie theater so I was there every night.

My dad had a movie theater so I was there every night.

Westerns was why I got into the business. I grew up on a small farm...

Westerns was why I got into the business. I grew up on a small farm...

I'm a parrot. I can pick up an accent and just do it.

I'm a parrot. I can pick up an accent and just do it.

Work begets work.

Work begets work.

I play out negative fantasies for people. I'm the guy people love to hate. And...

I play out negative fantasies for people. I'm the guy people love to hate. And...

The bad guys are the best parts.

The bad guys are the best parts.

I did 125 films, and over 100 television shows, and you've never seen the same...

I did 125 films, and over 100 television shows, and you've never seen the same...

I was a different kind of kid, oversensitive and all that.

I was a different kind of kid, oversensitive and all that.

The best thing about Sci-Fi, which is my favorite genre, is that there are no...

The best thing about Sci-Fi, which is my favorite genre, is that there are no...

I never play a villain that I don't have something I can either do or...

I never play a villain that I don't have something I can either do or...

Larry Kasdan is a great director.

Larry Kasdan is a great director.

The interesting part of the process is developing the character, you know, why did he...

The interesting part of the process is developing the character, you know, why did he...

I'm big and a lot of the stars are smaller so if you're big and...

I'm big and a lot of the stars are smaller so if you're big and...

My whole deal when I do accents or dialects is I gotta fool the locals....

My whole deal when I do accents or dialects is I gotta fool the locals....

In the '70s, everybody was doing drugs, so long as you showed up and did...

In the '70s, everybody was doing drugs, so long as you showed up and did...