I used to watch the world as if it was a performance and I would realize that certain things that people did moved me, and certain things didn't move me, and I tried to analyze, even at that age, six and seven and eight, why I was moved by certain things they did

I read somewhere that some people believe that the entire universe is a matrix of living thought. And I said, "Man, if that's not a definition of God, I don't know what is.

Every physicist knows that things connect with each other. To isolate things is not the way the universe works - winning best actor is arbitrary.

You know what Andy Warhol's sole contribution to this country has been? He made Campbell's Soup a household word.

Is it possible to have an endless series of successes without falling on our faces? I suppose it is, but I think it would entail doing the same things over and over again without taking chances, without taking risks or exploring our limits, without finding out what we can and can't do.

I don't believe in competitions between artists. This is insane. Who has the authority to say someone is better?

No matter what you do or where you are, you're going to be missing out on something.