I try to read everything that's sent me - play scripts, movie scripts - but I've had to make a rule. If the author hasn't grabbed me by Page 25, the piece goes back with a note of apology.

I don't mind playing absolute bastards... I just don't want to play the grouch.

The whole business of marshaling ones energies becomes more and more important as one grows older.

I do a lot of planning and plotting. That's my greatest weakness. If I'm not terribly careful, I'll plan to a point where it could come out cut and dried.

To go on being an actor, you need sheer animal energy. If you can't restock your energy, you have to hide your lack of it.

I'm going to teach you to HATE spending money.

I try to read everything that's sent me - play scripts, movie scripts - but I've had to make a rule. If the author hasn't grabbed me by Page 25, the piece goes back with a note of apology.