Michael Madsen

“I've done two motorcycle pictures: I did 'Beyond The Law,' and I did one produced by Tarantino called 'Hell Ride,' with Dennis Hopper and David Carradine and Vinnie Jones. And I just think 'Hell Ride' was a lot more of what a biker movie should be. But the good part of 'Beyond The Law' was that I had a good time with Charlie Sheen.”

“Is it really selling out if it feeds your family?”

“I don't get the IMDb... I've called them several times myself and said, 'Guys, look... ' I've given them specific titles that should not be on there. But they won't take them down.”

“I used to be one of those guys with a lot of angst, you know? I just don't anymore. I'm not angst-ridden anymore. I've faced reality of what I am and what I have to do in life.”

“I don't know if there's anything sadder than an actor who hasn't made a good picture, and at least I got a few good ones that will stand the test of time. I feel very fortunate about that.”

“Kids are a great excuse for you to stop acting like one.”

“Well, one thing for sure, I won't be remembered for 'Free Willy.' Or maybe I will.”

“'L.A. Confidential' was written with me in mind, but Russell Crowe got the part. Go figure.”

“Maybe I was just born in the wrong era, man. I'm a bit of a throwback to the days of black and white movies. Those guys back then, they had a certain kind of directness about them. A lot of the screenplays, the plots were very simplistic - they gave rise to a type of anti-hero that maybe I suit better.”

“I swim a lot, almost every day. I just go out to the beach by my place in Malibu and jump into the ocean.”

“I've had a lot more good luck than bad, and I've made a lot more good pictures than bad ones, and I'm pretty happy with what I have. I don't walk around regretting too many things.”

“Encourage your kids' artistic side. Toughen up everything else.”

“When you play a character that's someone real, when you're playing a true story, it's really great 'cause you're not pretending to make up some silly thing.”

“'BloodRayne' was an abomination... It's a horrifying and preposterous movie.”

“I don't love being an actor, but I'm not qualified to be anything else. I was an auto mechanic and drove a tow truck and tried to go to school to be a paramedic.”

“I'm glad I wasn't in 'Free Willy 3.' That's all I can say on that.”

“I wrote a poem on my leg once, on the skin.”

“I'm not a publicity hound. I don't care about being on the cover of 'GQ' or 'Vanity Fair.'”

“I didn't have much ambition, but I always had an idea in the back of my mind that I wanted to act. I would watch actors like Robert Mitchum, Humphrey Bogart, and Kirk Douglas, and I understood them.”

“People have been afraid of me because of the parts I played. Nobody remembers that I was the dad in 'Free Willy.'”