Smokey, this is not 'Nam. This is bowling. There are rules.

Read, read, read, read, read. Read everything. You can’t work unless you know the world, and outside of living in the world the best way to learn about the world is to read about it.

If you want to direct, you've got to work.

Giving up a lot of yourself isn't really that hard when you realize that you get more than you give up.

George Washington Bridge? You throw yourself off the Brooklyn Bridge, traditionally. George Washington Bridge, who does that?

But I'm not as bad as Al Pacino - he doesn't even know what month it is half the time when he's working.

I ain't never been in no college with famous people. I was a drifter for a while. I just was desperate to fit in with a group. Really, I was swimming. I was lost, treading water, trying to find my way. I wanted to play football. It didn't work out. I didn't really know what I wanted until I found acting in a theater department, and then everything just fell into place, and I had a passion about something. Then, I started living my life.