In order for your dreams to come true, you've got to stay awake.

I would rather do a play because it's instantaneous. You go on the stage, and you know whether it's happening or not. Somebody asked me 'What is acting?' And I said, 'Acting is listening.' And if you ain't listening, nobody's listening.

I can't count how many of my friends are in the cemetery at Normandy, the heroes are still there, the real heroes.

There are many secrets in us, in the depths of our souls, that we don't want anyone to know about.

You're out there on a high wire without a net, and that's the way actors operate. They have to be fearless about how they work and they have to create a life for the audience in 90 minutes and make them believe.

I never turned down anything and never argued with any producer or director.

In order for your dreams to come true, you've got to stay awake.