It's a hell of a thing, killing a man. You take away all he's got and all he's ever gonna have.

If you cast a film incorrectly, then you're going to be fighting an uphill battle.

That's why I don't rehearse a lot and why I shoot a lot immediately. I have ideas of where I'd like to take the character, but we both end up going together.

You have to teach yourself to act but Michael Chekhov will give you the necessary tools - and for me, Psychological Gesture and Centers are extremely valuable They work like a charm. I've used them all along and still do.

If you've done what you intended and if nobody tampered with it, then it's yours. And if people don't like it, then they just don't agree with you on that subject matter, and that's life.

Take your work seriously, but don't take yourself seriously

We are like boxers, one never knows how much longer one has