There's probably no one who understands Method acting better academically than I do, or actually uses it more in his work. But it's funny - nobody really sees that. It's perception versus reality, I suppose.

Believe it or not, I supported Richard Nixon on the issue of presidential privilege. How could anyone conceive of being the president of the United States and think that every single thing that you say or do can become a part of the public record? It just seems so stupid to me.

I certainly knew my father. He just didn't happen to be my biological father.

I was invited to join the MGM cartoon department. But if I'd started work in animation I'd have had to take a cut in salary, so I didn't.

Always try in interviews to avoid the cliches about the problems of public life.

There's no point dwelling on what might or could have been. You just have to go forward.

If you want your freedom, you have to be willing to work hard to exercise it.