The indie world changed when the economy went south. I was frustrated with doing something, then waiting for it to come out, and sometimes it never did, or would just play in New York for 50 people. So I really wanted to try something else.

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.

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.

And the actors tend not to want to watch themselves very often. I'm one of those guys.

I think it's a style of acting that you trust. You trust the instincts.

The biggest compliment I think an actor can get is I can't imagine anyone else in the role.

One of the more noble things the Oscars can do is pay attention to movies no one knows about. Blockbusters don't need much help.