I do a lot of research on most of my roles and before I start a role when I read a script I know all of the beats in the script and I know exactly how to do it because I`ve read about such a character or experienced similar things myself or had the same s...
[Talking about the chase scenes in "The Terminator"] Looking back on it, I realize we were really going at some high speeds those nights. One night, my adrenaline was running so high I actually tore the steering wheel off, and I just looked over at Linda ...
I know why they think of me as intense. It`s because on the set I`m very concentrated. I don`t just walk on and do my thing and walk off. I`m very intense when I`m working. I know exactly what I`m doing before I get in there.
I do firmly believe that I`ve been overlooked, especially in "Terminator." Jim Cameron was saying to me at the time, "I don`t know Michael why you are not being offered more movies now. All of us expected it, you know?" But now, five or six years later, w...
A sense of insecurity, I think. It really comes down to not really having a full understanding of myself and my sense of self and having a real confidence in myself as a person. I seem to be able to have more confidence in some characters I play, knowing ...