I used to think of myself as a comedian. I've always admired comedians. Their minds, the way in which they se the world is so striking, the way they juxtapose things, the way they can see humor in people. There's a liberation in that.

We live in a world where the more you're working, the more things you do. It's a workaday world.

My early career was a real rush of movies and stardom - it was almost overwhelming.

The actor becomes an emotional athlete. The process is painful - my personal life suffers.

The only thing in this world that gives orders is balls.

There has been a lot of self-doubt and unwelcome events in my life.

It was a compromise. There was a sense that I could write my own memoirs, and Larry [Grobel] would help me down the line, or maybe not, maybe he was too close to me.