There probably aren't a lot of actors my age who tap dance.

If you're an actor, a hard thing is to stick around, to stay viable. I try to do that by taking the opportunity to do something different every once in awhile.

People come up to me all the time in New York. Not for autographs, but to talk about movies, often in a very scientific way.

Quite often, I'll be sent a script for a movie. And I find that I like it, so I say I'll do it. But then they rewrite it for me. They make it quirky. Odd. I find that rather annoying. I call it Walkenising.

It's impossible for me to play a part without thinking about the audience.

It's not necessarily how many minutes you're on screen, it's the material you have. It's more important what it is you have to do than the amount of time you're there.

I'm not sure I'd write a good cookbook, but I might make a good cooking show.