My work has always been important to me. The reason I continue to do it is because it's so much fun for me. I love my work and so that's what keeps me in the game.

You always have to know what the ambition of the scene is, what the purpose of that scene is in the telling of the story overall, so that you're there to support the story.

That [film What's My Line] was very useful to me because it had Branch Rickey in a social situation. Every other bit of film [42] that I had was him making a speech.

I've always wanted to be bald. I mean it, completely bald. Wouldn't it be great to be bald in the rain?

'May the Force be with you' is charming but it's not important. What's important is that you become the Force - for yourself and perhaps for other people.

Starring in a science-fiction film doesn't mean you have to act science fiction.

Wood burns faster when you have to cut and chop it yourself.