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.

Most of the early part of an actor's career, you do the jobs you get.

Staying together is a challenge. We all have to accept qualities in other people that aren't always exactly what we want or need.

There are many directors in the middle range who've made mostly successful pictures, and then there are a few great directors who've had some successes and some failures. I suppose my life would be smoother if I wasn't almost totally enamored of the latter category.

We live, we die, and the wheels on the bus go round and round.

Everybody's old enough for a beer, ain't that right, Mule?

You can follow the action, which gets you good pictures. You can follow your instincts, which will probably get you in trouble. Or, you can follow the money, which nine times out of ten will get you closer to the truth.