I didn't get into this so I could talk about my work, my movies. You become an actor to act.

I do better on the first three takes; I won't be better at 20 takes.

I try to show compassion to people I come into contact with and try to put good out, as much good as I can. But that's my life; that's not my work. With my work, my job is to walk in another man's shoes.

Before Footloose, the things I'd done weren't cute. In Diner I was an alcoholic.

There are two things that create opportunities. One is being involved with something that makes money, and the other is winning awards. And the reason that winning the awards creates the opportunities is because it gives the people who are selling the picture the opportunity to make more money.

As I was coming up on the stage, there was one source that could make or break you, the New York Times. Inevitably there would be one actor singled out for a better review, or worse, than somebody else. The effect of that was cancerous, divisive.

It's easy to get laid when you're rich and famous. When you're broke and unknown, it takes skill.