I'm naturally shy but I've done this [movie Salomaybe] so much and you get better at it than you would think.

I love work because it keeps sex in perspective. Otherwise, it can become a preoccupation.

Chekhov was as important to me as anybody as a writer.

Our life is looking forward or looking back, that's it. Where is the moment?

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.

There are a couple of times I would've liked to have married. I think I made a mistake, especially once.

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.