I goddamn near lost my nose. And I like it. I like breathing through it.

When I am cast in a movie where I feel that the woman's part is more interesting, I usually start thinking about Spencer Tracy and Fred Astaire. They seem to be the most clear actors when working with women.

In the real world there's an after-effect of disappointment if you lose an argument. But if, to begin with, you're set up not to have this particular autonomy, then you're not disappointed.

I'm certainly not as tough as people think. I'm not a fighter and so forth. I'd just as soon go home.

Being pigeonholed is the death of all actors.

I don't have any plugs or tucks but people do what they want. I look at it as mutilation.

A star on a movie set is like a time bomb. That bomb has got to be defused so people can approach it without fear.