Then, for a hot three or four weeks I wanted to be a concert pianist.

I grew up in a household where everybody lived at the top of his lungs.

When asked what it takes to succeed in the acting profession, Bette Davis would answer, "The courage to be hated."

Absolutely. I can produce. I can write. I can direct.

Actors want to show off and dance in front of you and get your love, because they don't think they're worthy of it in any other way.

But I think one of the reasons I tend to stay in the water most of the time is I distrust the comfort.

Intelligence is enormously sexy.