“We have real cliched ideas of what prison life is like. It is not a ha...” — Powers Boothe Quote

“We have real cliched ideas of what prison life is like. It is not a happy place. It's a desperate, sad situation.”

“It's never a matter of career decisions. I don't think in those terms. What matters is whether a role is interesting, if I will enjoy playing it, and if I'm confident I can do a good job.”

“I'm really enjoying the character now, but I don't want to just be Philip Marlowe. I wouldn't mind playing him every couple of years, perhaps, as a kind of open franchise - you know?”

“Touring doesn't have to be a harried, cliched way of life.”

“When you're acting, you're escaping and hiding behind something. It's cliched to say, but there's a safety there.”

“It is cliched, but you have to beat the best to be the best.”