I am more alive in the theater than anywhere else, but what I take into the theater I get from the streets.

Women have always had equal importance onstage, and working with them must have altered my sensibilities. I've never felt sensitive to the whole issue, because being macho has never been a problem with me.

My first language was shy. It's only by having been thrust into the limelight that I have learned to cope with my shyness.

When I was doing 'Scarface,' I remember being in love at that time. One of the few times in my life. And I was so glad it was at that time. I would come home and she would tell me about her life that day and all her problems and I remember saying to her, look, you really got me through this picture because I would shed everything when I came home.

I probably write a poem every 50 years.

I hope the perception is that I'm an actor, I never intended to be a movie star.

Show me a bad script and I will show you a big payday.