There was once a great actor named George C. Scott. He was on stage in the Delacourt Theater in Central Park, where they do Shakespeare every summer, and he was playing Shylock in The Merchant of Venice. At one point he took the robes he was wearing and just started flipping them up in the air, out of nowhere. And later, an actor said to him, "What was that, George, what were you doing?" And he said, "They were sleeping." You're always trying to catch them.

On any given Sunday you're gonna win or you're gonna lose. The point is -- can you win or lose like a man?

All I am is what I'm going after.

I'm an actor, not a star. Stars are people who live in Hollywood and have heart-shaped swimming pools.

One of the things that made me want to be an actor more than ever was seeing a Chekhov play, "The Sea Gull," when was 14 in the Bronx.

That's the way to live - around people who care. It may be a tough ride, but something is going to come out of it.

Did you know I started out as a stand-up comic? People don't believe me when I tell them. That's how I saw myself, in comedy.