My wife says that stage acting is like being on a tightrope with no net, and being in the movies, there is a net - because you stop and go over it again. It's very technical and mechanical. On stage you're on your own.

The big secret in acting is listening to people.

Even if I don't want to slow down, I'm slowing down.

I've learned that life is very tricky business: Each person needs to find what they want to do in life and not be dissuaded when people question them.

Fifty million dollars is not to be sneezed at. Of course, I never catch cold.

I met my wife and, for the next ten years, we did no films at all. She did the first movie and then I did several after. My first movie was written by Tennessee Williams and directed by [Elia] Kazan and was called Baby Doll.

In the book, I tell the story of seeing old movies when I was young and acting out scenes at home. Now I get scripts, and I act them out.