There's nothing that I love more than predawn. I'm with the dogs, I make coffee, and there's no one up.

I don't like the fact that I have to get older so fast, but I like the fact that I'm aging so well.

This is not a movie about smelling the urine! It's another kind of movie." Volker Schlöndorff got Billy Wilder to agree to these conversations - you can buy it - because Volker spoke German at times. And he said to Billy Wilder: "What is in your mind?" And he said: "If you're going to try to tell the truth to the audience, you'd better be funny or they'll kill you." And I haven't forgotten that.

The truth is, the older you get, the less variety of parts you are offered. If you're a star and you've spent most of your career being able to take your pick of the litter, you notice when the offers start to diminish. You're too old to play leads, so you're offered the supporting role - but many stars don't want to make that transition. They see it as a sign of symbolic impotence. And that the audience will no longer regard them as a star. I love acting, and I'm not going to determine what I do based on what I fear other people might think. I do what I want to do.

There's nothing that I love more than predawn. I'm with the dogs, I make coffee, and there's no one up.

If you're waiting for the job, you're dead.

One of the things you can do as an actor, is compensate for the things you can't do in life.