I have mainly been interested in acting. I think it's a great job, a fine way to live your life.

If I go into a restaurant there's a very good chance that I'm going to spend my time being the mayor. If I want to have a good time, I'm happier having dinner here.

Once you've been really bad in a movie, there's a certain kind of fearlessness you develop.

You make me want to be a better man.

I was particularly proud of my performance as the Joker. I considered it a piece of pop art.

I began to think that the finest modern writer was the screen actor. This was in the spirit of the Fifties where a very antiliterary literature was emerging - Kenneth Patchen and others. I kind of believed what Nietzsche said, that nothing not written in your blood is worth reading; it's just more pollution of the airwaves.

I've always had an urge to feed my need to have fun and feel free. I don't see any interesting alternatives.