I think if I were to go back on stage I might be in great danger of acting.

You want to know what I want? I'll tell you what I want. I want back what Bobby Fischer took with him when he disappeared.

I don't want to be like the actor who rehearses everything in the bathroom, then comes to the set and carries on completely uninterrupted while the other actors tiptoe away.

I don't honestly think people know what acting is.

I want to play a man in uniform. I've got tremendous respect for that life that they lead. We know so little about it. It's never discussed or talked about, when they come back from battle. I want to examine the choices that have to be made in those terrible times. [...] I'll get to wear a uniform.

I think if I were to go back on stage I might be in great danger of acting.

I just loved playing a man who was unafraid of making an idiot of himself in the process of falling in love. I found that admirable.