Getting old ain't for the faint of heart.

Richard Burton came from the same town as me, so I thought I'd follow my nose, and follow my luck. I think I've been very lucky.

I've felt like an outsider all my life. It comes from my mother, who always felt like an outsider in my father's family. She was a powerful woman, and she motivated my father.

My philosophy is: It's none of my business what people say of me and think of me.

I never make conscious decisions. If my agent says to me, "It's a good script," I'll do it. I don't plan. I've got a lot of things to do. I'm at the roulette table and my luck seems to be running at the moment. I might as well stay there until it runs out.

I worked with Steven Spielberg on Amistad... he seemed so very secure in himself that he let me do things.

I'm devious, cruel, cunning and addictive.