The first time I had got an offer to come to Hollywood, I turned it down. I said, "No, I'm an actor of the stage.
I was going to play in First Blood, but I suggested to changing it and I dropped out. I said to [Silvester] Stallone, 'You know, I almost stopped you from making millions of dollars,' because in my suggestion, I killed his character at the end of the picture .
I have been trying to create a campaign to have our country make an apology for slavery, for the way that blacks were treated before the Civil War and after the Civil War.
With John Wayne, we argued all the time and we made four pictures.
I think the election of [Barack] Obama was a great step to prove to the world that we believe that all men were created equal. I think it will show that we have humility.
I think that [Barack] Obama was elected because young people are starting to get interested in their country and I think that's a very healthy thing.
