There's only two people in your life you should lie to... the police and your girlfriend.

I wasn't a babe in the woods. I'd watched a lot of stars, from James Dean to Brando, and I'd seen everybody alive work at MGM. I had a certain old-timer's quality, even though I was young and new, and drew on what I believed before I made it.

For a long time, I was afraid to be alone. I had to learn how to be alone. And there are still times when I think, Uh-oh! I gotta talk to somebody here or I'm gonna go crazy! But I like to be alone. Now I do. I really do. There's a big luxury in solitude.

Because of the way the business is structured, I have sometimes turned down scripts that I might otherwise have accepted had I known who was directing them.

He [Castro] is a genius. We spoke about everything.

You can call me Joker. And as you can see, I'm a lot happier.

I feel very lucky because I don't think there's any part I can't play. There are parts that scare me more than others.