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

Never underestimate the narcissism of a writer.

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.

If you're going to play a cowboy, show up with the horse at the audition

Acting, I found, was the biggest charge I ever had. What other artist has it so good? Approval so quick?

You have to remind people of their own struggles. It's a responsibility.

I value peace, too, when it is not bought at the price of fundamental decencies.