I went in to play the most corrupt politician I could possibly think of [in "The Congressman"] and to do it with a certain kind of charm.

I consume an enormous number of books, but they're always on a particular subject because I'm obsessive.

The truth of it is that women are far more logical than men.

I was a hangover of that era where they’d say “Take off that medal! Is that a St. Christopher medal? You’re going to lose your audience with that.”

I've always had good friends and people know that I've got no ax to grind.

John Milius and Francis Ford Coppola and Oliver Stone - those guys are consummate filmmakers. They believe that you don't talk it, you show it. So when I find a role now, I try to find a visual way to tell what the character is about rather than trying to speak about it.

It's always amazing to me the idiosyncrasies people end up disliking others for.