Bruce Dern

I tried to make the Olympics team in 1956.

I took Laura on a trip once where we followed the Immigrant Trail for about six hundred miles. She really learned a lesson. People forget too often how it was back then.

The difference between my generation of actors and their generation is that they were bigger than life. We are not bigger than life.

I'm a huge Dallas Mavs fan. What I love about Dirk Nowitzki is he has just as much talent as everyone else, if not more, and he never toots his own horn. He's this silent warrior.

I'm a big action junkie. I grew up on the '80s action movies - the bad ones and the good ones.

If you're not having a good time, find something else that gives you some joy in life.