Do whatever you're directed to do, and leave the rest of that technical stuff up to the director.

I think first impressions are important when you pick up a script.

I'd love to do a Western. A real Western like John Ford used to do. There's not too many of them made, so I don't know if I'll ever get to do that. They're awfully hard movies to make.

I read the script and try not to bring anything personal into it. I make notes, talk to the director and we decide what kinds of shades should be in the character.

You can change a person's life in an instant; put him in a movie, and you start thinking differently, you want to be in another movie. It's like an addiction almost.

I have a home in Arizona. I go a couple months a year, but basically Chicago is my home.

What you do as a policeman might be the right thing to do, but it's not entertaining. I left that behind me.