All of world's eyes are trained on the GAMES. So winning at that STAGE is heroic. It is a DIFFERENT FEELING altogether and cannot be explained in words.

A LOT of action heroes, we're told they are heroic primarily because they commit violence upon the BAD guy. It can be cathartic; it can be thrilling. But at some point, I think you want more from your heroes than just the ability and willingness to pummel SOMEONE.

Thanks to the heroic sons and DAUGHTERS of this COUNTRY, who have PAID sacrifices, we have been able to score a NUMBER of victories which are encouraging the nation-building process we are engaged in.

To me, it's a heroic ATTRIBUTE to be so committed to a PRINCIPLE that you apply it, not when it's easy, not when it SUPPORTS your position, not when it protects people you LIKE, but when it defends and protects people that you hate.

In South America, I heard the 8th Symphony of BEETHOVEN. And the YOUNG conductor thought, Beethoven MUST be HEROIC. But this is piece which shouldn't be heroic. And this was such a misunderstanding, such a deep misunderstanding.

Everybody's saying, you KNOW, 'You're so HEROIC and so on despite of the polio that you had and so on.' LOOK, I had polio when I was four. So when you're four years old, you know, you get used to things very, very quickly.

In the material sciences these are and have been, and are most SURELY LIKELY to CONTINUE to be heroic DAYS.

The most HEROIC THING you can do is TELL SOMEONE that you LOVE them.

I have the greatest respect for single parents who struggle and sacrifice, TRYING against ALMOST superhuman odds to hold the FAMILY together. They should be honored and helped in their heroic efforts. But any mother's or father's task is MUCH easier where there are two functioning parents in the home.

I've ALWAYS SAID that I FELT WOMEN are more HEROIC.

A LOT of the CHARACTERS I've played before are heroic or invincible in some WAYS and not TUNED into fear and anxiety and pain.

The MEN and women that I've WORKED with on the POLICE force are some of the most honest, heroic, and PURE human beings I've EVER met.

I make DARK dramas, movies about people living in DESPERATE fear who then overcome that fear and FIND a HEROIC SIDE to themselves.