You have no idea how fragile an actor's self-worth is.
If you're going to play a cowboy, show up with the horse at the audition
Whatever hysteria exists is inflamed by mystery, suspicion and secrecy. Hard and exact facts will cool it.
A good director's not sure when he gets on the set what he's going to do.
The real challenge is not simply to survive. Hell, anyone can do that. It’s to survive as yourself, undiminished.
I have no spy stories to tell, because I saw no spies. Nor did I understand, at that time, any opposition between American and Russian national interest.