"I am hoping that I can be known as a great writer and actor some day, rather than a sex symbol." On what he thinks are the most important lessons that one should strive to live by in Aikido: "Try to find the path of least resistance and use it without harming others. Live with intregrity and morality, not only with people but with all beings." On his feelings regarding past movies: "Hollywood is a mercurial place where people are sort of (in the film business) a victim of their environment and how the environment changes. Movies that would be timely now, ten years from now would be passé and nobody would be interested in the subjects. All the movies that I have done I have not been in control of. Sometimes there is a contractual situation where you go to the studio and they kind of tell you which ones they want you to do. Be that as it may I have also been lucky in the sense that I have been able to make environmentally conscientious movies as well as politically conscientious movies. ABOVE THE LAW was a politically conscientious movie. ON DEADLY GROUND was environmentally conscientious so I want to keep making movies like that which are more geared with a certain entertainment value but also bring people forward into contemplation." On Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo: "I've never met her, but my impression of her is that she's very straight, sincere, honest, really talented president, and I hope she gets re-elected." On actors who become political leaders: "Reagan was a pretty good one, but I think it really depends on the situation."