If you really do want to be an actor who can satisfy himself and his audience, you need to be vulnerable. [You must] reach the emotional and intellectual level of ability where you can go out stark naked, emotionally, in front of an audience.

I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day.

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

Stay humble. Always answer your phone - no matter who else is in the car.

Failure seldom stops you. What stops you is the fear of failure.

Dying is not a sin. Not living is.

I'd rather make the cut in the Crosby than win another Oscar.