I have a good friend who says, "We're all just dodging bullets." It seems to me the trick to living a good life is to try to move away from the gun you turn on yourself.

If you're lucky as you get older, you respect the craft and it becomes a skill.

The only thing you have then to believe in is your craft.

I watch actors destroy themselves by trying to get it right.

There is no right in acting.

When I closed in "King Lear" I went into a period of depression for about three weeks, and every actor I've talked to who's ever played a major, major Shakespeare role has done this.

I just always thought, I love acting and I love writing. And when I haven't got any more good breath and good energy, then I'll write.