A dog that has rabies probably will do things it wouldn't do if it didn't have rabies. But that doesn't change the fact that it has rabies.

In New York in the Forties or Fifties, everybody's in a suit, an overcoat and a hat.

I don't understand how somebody wouldn't have a sense of humor about themselves.

It's not a gift of mine, but one given to me, to be able to criticise myself and not be crushed, by myself or by others.

All you have is the writer's imagination. You have a very limited time to take this imaginary person and bring the details of their life, as you perceive them, to life. You attempt to do to that as fully and as vibrantly as you can. It's depressing to read how much you've failed. And it's not even particularly instructive or necessary to read how you succeeded because in the end don't you have to judge that?

My life before children I don't really remember. I've heard references to it, but I really don't remember.

I wouldn't say anything I ever did in film would be something I'd use the word proud about. I've done better work in the theater.