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.

Acting didn't solve much! If it did, I would have ended up much less crazy than I am today, but I'm not. At least for me, acting is a relief - a relief to be able to admit certain things about myself and disguise in my work, in my characters.

Well, 45-odd years of doing it, so we all pile up the things we like about directors and the things we don't like about directors. And sometimes they're very similar.

I decided a long time ago but sometimes it takes you 40 years to get around to doing something - and that's the truthful answer.

I think the most insulting thing you can do to a director is to challenge when he or she is satisfied with your interpretation.

A "take" is an opportunity to fail ... and we think that we have to get it right all the time.

I think 'retirement' goes hand in hand with people who make a living by having a 'job.' I don't think we-the .00001 percent of the population who are so fortunate to love passionately what we do-consider it a 'job.