Going against Jim Brown wasn't any different than going against Jim Taylor and any of the other guys. He's just an obstacle that we have to overcome. We just couldn't put anything together.
We felt that as blacks there was a quota. We used to talk with other blacks on other clubs. There was a way they use to do it called stacking. If you had five halfbacks instead of one being a left halfback and one being a right halfback then you would stack them all at left and let them cut each other. It kept the numbers down. A lot of them went to Canada. We would talk with guys on the other clubs including Detroit, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Cleveland, San Francisco and whoever. The numbers remained relatively about the same in the 1950's. They weren't carrying more then six.
I was watching an interview with Martin Scorcese concerning Raging Bull, which is one of my favorite films, and he was talking about how he'd worked with a lot of guys who weren't quote-unquote "actors," like Joe Pesce and Frank Vincent. Scorcese was very smart in the way that he cast, because you don't know where you're going to find the right person who can carry a role and summon that emotion you're looking for.
If you heard my records and no one told you, I don't think you'd know whether it's a band or one guy.
I could never stand big-mouthed types. I had problems with that at high school. Ive still got the scars on my fists from the teeth of the guys I hit so that theyd finally shut up. I came from England to Canada, of course, and was often ridiculed because I had a strange accent. I was expelled from school and it was a long time before I could control myself. But the impulse remained: a punch in the mouth to get some peace and quiet.
I like playing guys where it's as important what they're thinking as what they're saying. Those are the people I like playing, and the actor that I strive to be. I like actors who work in that area and I like parts that allow me to work in that area.
It's almost like when you're young, your friends take on the romance role, and then guys take on the role of your friends later.
I'd love to write something for a male protagonist. That's sort of the next frontier for me. I think it'd be really amazing to write the kind of parts that I love for women but for a guy.
Mine's [fans] a lot of like weird guys in prison. So I don't need to answer them.
Guys who are unavailable are actually a dream come true for me because I'm unavailable all the time. It's great they're not down your throat.
I think guys who are rebels and make their own rules are appealing.
I haven't ever really relied on relationships with guys. They come around and it's cool, but it's never been a big thing. I guess I've just been really distracted by work.
I'm the guy that made Joe DiMaggio famous.
We all learn from each other, and I never really hung out with guys in that way, so I missed out.
In a corporation, there can only be one guy in the end: the CEO.
Incompetency begets incompetency. The last thing a guy who isn't sure of himself wants is a guy backing him up who is sure of himself.
Youve got to take advantage of those guys outside. Its frustrating.
I'm not the guy that thinks I'm a perfect singer.
Steve [Jobs] is unique. There aren't many clients that are like that. You have one guy that you really work for. That's very rare.
I like food, like any other guy, but it is not the main thing in my life. I can do without it.
Some old guy once said that the meaning of life is that it ends.
If we can't come together, and have conversations and understand our biases and understand that hate, none of us are really the good guys here.
I study the bible regularly, meet with older wiser mentors weekly, and keep a group of guys in my life who challenge me spiritually. That keeps me moving.
I hope I can help guys coming out of high school, if they need advice. I know the ins and outs of everything.
The group of guys I have... They are playing off straight motivation.
