Scratching Quotes

It was a real honor to be able to work with someone like that that I`ve been watching since I was a kid. I mean, to play his brother left some people scratching their heads but something about it really worked.

I`m now starting Rambo (2008) and I`m looking for a young actor to star opposite me. I`ve been looking for the next Robert Mitchum or Steve McQueen, but the fact is they just don`t exist. Tough guys today are getting their hair done at Hollywood hairdressers. Whatever happened to having a beer and scratching your balls?

Is it hard? It`s hard. I mean, it`s not easy. There`s some work that`s involved. But it`s just like everything else -- you work for it, you get it. And if you sit down and you talk about it and you make it like, `Oh, it was rough. It was tough.` There are kids at home scratching their heads like, `Oh, boy, I don`t have what it takes to make it because I can`t run the football like he does.` That has nothing to do with it. When I talk to kids, I let them know it`s not about that. You can do it. You don`t have to be a football player to do it.

At least the kids are trying, scratching away, although they don`t quite have it. It`s like watching a cartoon, but it`s nostalgic. They`re trying. ... all the clear-cutting of babies.

If I`m up for a part if, I`m asked to play something, I really worry what I`m going to be because they always make fellows like me the big dumb galoot, the oaf who doesn`t know anything, who trips over himself. We are apparently idiots, all big men. You end up never leading anybody to anything. You end up holding people, while the boss hits them in the face -- scratching your head a lot wondering where all your marbles went. Well, that kind of thing doesn`t appeal to me at all. I used to think that`s how it was and I would do it, but I won`t do it anymore. I turn down everything that comes along like that. So, the only thing you can rely on are those who have worked with you and know that you are consistent, talented and reliable, and maybe they`re friends of yours and are willing to put you to work so you don`t end up in the welfare line. (from a 1978 interview)

I think he is just scratching the surface. I think he has a lot of qualities. He`s intelligent. He has a lot of qualities that fit what we`re looking for at the quarterback position. The quarterback position in our offense is like a point guard in basketball. He has to deliver the mail. He has to make others look better.

The emotions are just going crazy around here. We get into those ugly, Rocky Balboa-type fights. We just keep banging, scratching and find a way to just pull this thing out. It`s not always pretty, but a win is a win.