I did not want to be coming off the stage at the mercy of what somebody else told me I did.

Comedy is more difficult. You can look at scenes when you're doing a drama like, “Maybe it works,” but in comedy, when you're doing it, either it works or it doesn't. You have to keep doing it until it does, and the requirement is more.

The fuel for the sports fan is the ability to have private theories.

I look for a director with a script he likes a lot, but I'm probably after the directors more than anything.

My whole career strategy has been to build a base so that I could take the roles I want to play. I'd hate to think that a shorter part might not be available because I was worried about my billing.

I never thought in terms of typing myself, because I wasn't that successful. After an actor has done a few pieces of work, his naïveté is the part of the craft he has to nurture most.

I don't think many people have a very good understanding of leisure and the importance it plays in our lives.