I used to spend most of my time straining to be a nice guy so people would like me.

I used to spend most of my time straining to be a nice guy so people would like me.

It's difficult, if not impossible, to get away with anything false before the camera. That instrument penetrates the husk of the actor; it reveals what's truly happening - if anything, if nothing. A close-up demands absolute truth. It's a severe and awesome truth

You've got to keep fighting; you've got to risk your life every six months to stay alive.

The belief that the good in American society will finally win out... I don't believe any more.

I said to Tennessee, this thing is becoming the Marlon Brando show.

I like directors who come on the set and create something that's a little dangerous, difficult or unusual.