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.

I'm in the movie business; it's meant to be very cutthroat. But you won't find anybody that ever says I cheated them or manipulated them.

This town needs an enema!

I take responsibility for my successes as well as my failures. But when I look at my professional mistakes, I'm always left with the feeling that maybe I should have done more.

I think the Greeks invented sports as an antidote to philosophy.

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.

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