I like variety, which is frustrating. But I've always been picky. I was afraid Pirates would be too much like Twentieth Century, broad comedy. But my agent talked me into it. I was spoiled by the range of a repertory theater.

It was all completely incomprehensible to me. I was fearful of the language. You had to look up every third word.

I'm a real pushover for animals.

I've got the Jewish guilt and the Irish shame and it's a hell of a job distinguishing which is which.

The worth of a life is not determined by a single failure or a solitary success.

It never ceases to surprise me, the people I get to work with. I'm in a French film with Sandrine Bonnaire? I adore Sandrine Bonnaire. I'm doing a picture for Robert Redford? The Sundance Kid? I have to pinch myself sometimes.

We're all animals, but we're a different sort of animal. Maybe they're better than us. They're more loyal. They're more pure. They're more simple. They're not neurotic. Well, there are some neurotic dogs.