I never starved. And you know, whatever talent I have, I've relied on that, versus image or star.

There are so many projects that you go into hoping the story works, and here comes a new third act and that kind of thing.

As an actor, you're always at the service of somebody else's vision. In a play, it's more of the director's vision, and he or she's got their hands on you all the way up to opening night, and if it's a film, there are even more people.

I love living in Michigan, which has been great for my kids and my family.

Meryl Streep's brilliant, just brilliant. I've been fortunate to do two movies with Meryl. And for an actor to go moment to moment like she does, there's no one better. And she dances between moments. Each take is different because she's riding instincts, she's riding impulses. And she trusts that.

I always wanted to do films. I'd gone to New York early in 1976 and did a lot of theater, but I really wanted to chase the paths of people like Pacino and Lemmon and those guys. Alan Arkin. Film was where I wanted to go.

Nothing seems to matter but ourselves. That's not how I was brought up. I don't recognize the country I live in anymore.