You always miss them [characters you've played] once you've walked away, but part of them always stays with you too.

It's a great honor that something that you took part in creating becomes this forever object.

And it hurts so much to want something you can't have.

They’re all about where people come from. The only thing important is where somebody’s going.

I still love the layers of cinema whether it's 35mm or 16mm or 8mm, super 8 which I love. I love the grain. If I had my druthers I'd film everything in kodachrome.

I'm attracted to the extreme light and the extreme dark. I'm interested in the human condition and what makes people tick. I'm interested in the things people try to hide.

I'd worked with Marlon [Brando] a couple of times, and he was a practical joker. He was far more interested in getting jokes out than getting the words out. We laughed all the time.