Hackman is able to live in the moment which means there is nothing for him at that split second than what is occurring in the scene.

I was originally going to be a lawyer, and the only thing I remember from the art of cross-examination is - you can see this one coming up Sixth Avenue - never ask a question the answer to which you do not know.

They change. They're different. There are no two alike, that's the miracle of it. But if they have something to teach the students. You can see them writing during the show.

Landing the airplane I think is the most difficult thing that I've every learned to do in my life.

I'd been on all the television programs as an actor, as a writer, as a director, as a producer.

There's only one man I've called a coward, and that's Brian Doyle-Murray.

I must confess that when I'm alone in my study, here in New York, writing; that's when I'm happy.