I like a drama. And I think that's the basis of good films, or good plays, is to have a nice drama.

I always like to try different things, different genres; stories that have a dramatic element and can generate conflict which I find appealing; where the characters have to overcome obstacles. That kind of thing is challenging.

I'm suffering from oxygen deprivation. It's overwhelming watching your career go by.

I became a Republican in 1951, the first year I could vote.

When you think of a particular director, you think you would have liked to be with them on one particular film and not necessarily on some other one.

Scott Eastwood always came in and did a good job. And he's now graduated to better roles, and the chicks are all calling and asking where Scott is. They used to ask where I was. Now they're going, "What about Scott?"

I don't necessarily look for dark themes; they just seem to appear.