Choosing the freedom to be uninteresting never quite worked for me.

I never understood the idea that you're supposed to mellow as you get older. Slowing down isn't something I relate to at all. The goal is to continue in good and bad, all of it.

Being a movie star is a rare job. Nobody gives you any guarantees that you'll get to do it forever. It's a very lucky and privileged position to be in.

My mother was a listener. I'm a talker. I'm very comfortable talking.

Working with Jack [Nicholson] is sort of like standing in front of the Grand Canyon.

Some people say they're retired and it means they have time to do things they want to do. I have always had the privilege to engage in my hobbies as if they were work. And they are. So hobbies are work, but work that you want to do; they are play. Retirement? That sounds like you're going to passively walk into the sunset and disappear.

Memories are simply moments that refuse to be ordinary.