I never wanted to be a director.

When I audition, I understand what it takes and the insecurities that come with it. If I do anything, I put actors at ease. I used to tell directors who weren't actors, the best thing they could do was take an acting class for a couple of months. Just to understand.

Regrets are stupid; they don't mean anything and they don't add up to anything.

You can equate acting to a tennis game: When you're playing one of the best, you get better.

I don't think the goal is, 'How big a star did you ever become?' I think the goal is, 'Were you able to express yourself?'

I guess 'The Player' was a pretty good L.A. movie. And 'Chinatown.' Was there ever a better L.A. movie about a certain period in L.A.? That was terrific.

It's better to be known by six people for something you're proud of than to be known by sixty million for something you're not.