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

I probably write a poem every 50 years.

I want to be a great actor someday, and I've decided there's no use philosophizing; the only way is to work at my craft.

Forget the career, do the work. If you feel what you are doing is on line and you're going someplace and you have a vision and you stay with it, eventually things will happen.

You'll never be alone if you’ve got a book.

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.

It's easy to fool the eye but it's hard to fool the heart.