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.

When you use a dialect, you worry that the people you're imitating will think you're making fun of them.

There's probably no one who understands Method acting better academically than I do, or actually uses it more in his work. But it's funny - nobody really sees that. It's perception versus reality, I suppose.

As an actor, I want to give in to the collaboration with the director because I don't want my work to be all the same. The more this can be done with comfort, the more variety my work has had.

Women -- a mistake, or did He do it to us on purpose?

I guess this proves there are as many nuts in the Academy as anywhere else.

Take caution in your tone, commander. I'm a fair man, but this -- heat is making me absolutely crazy.