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.

Frankly, I got into the movies because I like the movies a lot.

There's a tacit agreement today that the white male is the only legitimate target for any and all satire, criticism, and so forth. And we pretty much just accept it.

As a means of supporting experiential element in film, once I begin to work on a particular movie I consider myself to be the tool of the director.

You can't handle the truth!

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

For an actor, style comes last. You first have to implement the whole thing, but your style comes from the subconscious, which is the best part an actor brings to his work.