Acting is a very limited form of expression and those who take it seriously are very limited people. I take it seriously.

Never do nothing you wouldnt want printed on the front page of The New York Times.

We gained a great deal of prestige, but not much money. We liked to work so much we couldn't hide it and the club owners paid us accordingly.

It's tough when take 1 is technically okay and take 2 has better acting. Out here (Hollywood) they print the first one. That's the one where we all hit the mark on the floor and who cares about the acting.

I'm a born and bred New Yorker. I belong here. Everytime I leave it's like losing a leg.

Of course I work hard. Why shouldn't I? Who am I to think I should get things the easy way?

I'm trying to eliminate every vestige of my own personality, style, approach and get into somebody else's skin. Sometimes I feel I've accomplished it. But when I don't, I'm nobody at all, having left myself at home