The first role I ever played I had the lead and it's pretty much stayed that way, though people take great relish in calling me a character actor, which I am. There are a lot of short parts I could play, but I only do them when they are like this ("A Few Good Men"), central to the idea of the movie.

In this industry, there are only two ways up the ladder. Rung by rung or claw your way to the top. It's sure been tough on my nails.

I didn't know that my sister was really my mother until I was thirty-seven years old. But life has taught me that there have been a lot of things that I didn't know.

Decent people shouldn't live here. They'd be happier some place else.

There were points in my life where I felt oddly irresistible to women. I'm not in that state now and that makes me sad.

A lot of people in the middle of their lives have a secret yearning for more romance.

The blues and jazz will live forever... So will the Delta and the Big Easy.