If it's well written and well directed and you've got good actors to work with, acting is easy. But making sure all the ducks are in a row is the hard part. It's very rare

You kill three people, they call you a murderer. You kill a million people, they call you a conqueror. Go figure.

I went to Princeton High School, when I was very serious about being an artist. I was in a theatre family but I didn't want to become an actor.

Up there with my awards, I have a great big statue of Groucho Marx, just to put everything in perspective.

It's my theory that if you hear enough applause and laughter at a young enough age, you're doomed

I consider myself a very lucky actor that, approaching 60, I'm still employed and employable.

Academics tend to have wonderfully infantile senses of humor.