You don't get to know anybody in a movie until after it's over. You work less together in a film than you do onstage.

I haven't encouraged [Julia Marie Pacino] or discouraged her. I let her go her own way. I did say to her that I thought that she had a real gift, and it's a good idea to know that. It's always good to go with your gift.

I used to think of myself as a comedian. I've always admired comedians. Their minds, the way in which they se the world is so striking, the way they juxtapose things, the way they can see humor in people. There's a liberation in that.

They say we die twice - once when the last breath leaves our body and once when the last person we know says our name.

The actor becomes an emotional athlete. The process is painful - my personal life suffers.

Being the actors of the craft, the trade, one of the big things you do and you learn is about repeating. There is something to the repeats. I think that is part of what is healthy to young actors. Get out and learn something just through doing that, repeating.

Either I act or I die.