I don't think I ever went down that movie star path. I always enjoy taking a 90-degree turn from the last thing I did.

I have hesitation making any kind of decision, really in my life. I'm really slow at it.

You just have to work with your discomfort. ... It’s challenging, but you have to dance the dance that the band’s playing. You can’t say: “I came here to Cha Cha and they’re playing a Waltz, godammit!”

I confessed to Mike [Cimino] a couple of days before we shot. I was like, "What am I doing here, Mike?" And Mike just looked at me, in that very directorial manor, took a long pause, and he said, "You know the game tag?" And I said, "Yeah." And he said, "Well, you're it." That was some of the best direction I think I've ever received.

This idea of how everything is interconnected, and the impermanence of things.. It sums up the human condition to me, and it helps me on my path.

Like most kids, you don't want to do what your folks want you to do. You've got your own thing.

People fall in love for mysterious reasons.