I don't think actors should ever expect to get a role, because the disappointment is too great. You've got to think of things as an opportunity. An audition's an opportunity to have an audience.

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

It wasn't until I got older that I realized acting was something I could really do.

All I am is what I'm going after.

I've never cared for guns. In fact, when I did 'Scent of a Woman' I had to learn how to assemble one.

Acting is hard work. At times, it's very energizing and enervating. It's childish. It's also responsible. It's illuminating, enriching, joyful, drab. It's bizarre, diabolical. It's exciting.

Look, but don't touch. Touch, but don't taste. Taste, but don't swallow.