Played tennis for years. But you can't improve at tennis after you're 50. You get to be in your 40s, and suddenly you're a doubles player.

People who speak in metaphors should shampoo my crotch.

Everybody's old enough for a beer, ain't that right, Mule?

I think that's what distinguishes Schmidt, really. In the movies now, so much of what is appealing to an audience is the dramatic or has to do with science fiction, and Schmidt is simply human. There's no melodrama; there's no device, It's just about a human being.

For an actor, style comes last. You first have to implement the whole thing, but your style comes from the subconscious, which is the best part an actor brings to his work.

I suppose I can do more for a script as an actor than as a writer - in the film sense.

I don't have any fear of intimacy, but rather thrive on it, which is rare in a public person.