In my screenplays - from the very beginning I've always used tape. I talk my screenplays. And then have somebody transcribe them.

I come from the place where I am thinking 'I have put my blood on the pages.'

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.

You make friends with older people and you always feel young no matter what.

When I went to acting school, the kids that got the best grades were the kids that could cry on cue. But it didn't really translate into careers for any of them, because the external is the easy part.

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.

Bullfights are hugely popular because you can sit comfortably with a hot dog and possibly watch a man die. It wont be me, but I can sit comfortably and watch it.