Acting is ephemeral. You can't hang it on a wall. You can't throw it off. And you can't bring it out of a closet. It's there one night and it's gone the next, at least with stage acting anyhow.

That place that no one knows about - horrifying things we keep secret. A lot of that is released through acting.

If I had my druthers, I would do only stage work.

I think I've done 200 plays and 125 movies, so I've been very lucky to have made a living at acting.

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

Acting is ephemeral. You can't hang it on a wall. You can't throw it off. And you can't bring it out of a closet. It's there one night and it's gone the next, at least with stage acting anyhow.