Everything gets old if you do it often enough.

Then in came this script with another very low offer, and another drug addict and a depressing and difficult part to play. I thought, 'Why should I put myself through that for hardly any money?'

Bob Duvall is a great actor because each time out, he creates a whole, complete character. You have the feeling that you're not seeing an actor at all, but a fully realized human being. Think of how he was in The Godfather. If you didn't know Bobby, you'd think that he really was Tom, the consigliere. Then you see him in Santini, and he's completely different. He's not only a personality, he's a consummate actor.

The interesting thing about doing a play is to find a way to make it fresh and do it as though you were doing it for the first time.

I did my famous cabbage soup diet, so I was able to do it.

It's a sin to have your films not to make money.

To me, it's a very moral film. If my son were a teenager now, I would drag him to see it.