With acting, if a friend asked me to be in a movie or TV show, there's a lot of things on my résumé I did without reading them or knowing what they were. I just said I'd do that because a friend wrote it, directed, produced, acted in it. With directing, I'm sticking to my guns, not that a lot of people are begging me to direct.

Don't say you're going to stop eating red meat when you like red meat.

When you envy actors, only envy them for their good roles. Keep in mind they have to do a lot of roles to make a living, and not all of them are good. When they're doing a stupid role in a bad production, it's kind of a dumb thing to do when you're an adult. When you're doing a great role that's well-written, it's an enviable job.

When you're 20 you can put a ton of old-age prosthetics on and be an old guy, but when you're 70 you can't play a 20-year-old.

I think that acting is no fun unless it's hard. I'm not titillated by acting or being an actor unless I have to work hard.

Drama is more focused and it reveals itself to you, whereas comedy is just right there, when you first read it.

You shouldn't eat red meat, but you shouldn't make resolutions you can't keep.