You must survive with grace. You must do so gallantly. How archaic these terms seem to us in our modern world. There is little grace or gallantry in commerce or politics and not much in art.

Well, all I can say is thank goodness I had 15 years of theater before ever I did film roles. You build technique that you can rely on

You don't throw away a whole life just because it's banged up a little.

I like a very dry wit, not the big kind of humor like Robin Williams. I don't think I'm capable of that.

You look at a herd of cattle and well, they all look the same... but they know. They all have an individual personality, and those personalities change from day to day. They can have their grumpy days and their happy days and their serene days. But it's unpredictable. You can't be off in outer space when you're dealing with animals.

I suspect that a lot of studio executives still think of me as 'what's-his-name'.

I've got research, I have my own life experience I can apply, and I have my imagination.