I would rather play Hamlet with no rehearsal than TV golf.

Part of an actor's job is to actually adopt the world-view of the character she is playing and to tell the story from that vantage point. If an actor represses large aspects of their personality, they will have a severely limited range and castability. Great actors cultivate effortless access to their subpersonalities. Many acting teachers call this 'freeing your instrument.'

I won't quit until I get run over by a truck, a producer or a critic.

Anything truly worthwhile does not come easy. If it did, it would not be all that worthwhile.

She has never messed up a single take yet. Recently I was in a scene and there was a table covered with a cloth. When the director said cut, I saw a black nose and two paws inching out from under the cloth. She had hidden there without making a sound until we were done with the scene. She wanted to be nearer to me.

Nobody deserves this much money - certainly not an actor.

If you really do want to be an actor who can satisfy himself and his audience, you need to be vulnerable.