If you haven't turned rebel by twenty you've got no heart; if you haven't turned establishment by thirty you've got no brains!

After graduation, I was floundering in L.A., doing stand-up comedy and working in a shoe store in the Valley.

There are times when you do a play when you are living in the character over a two-and-a-half-hour period or longer, and you come to the end of the night, and you can feel like you were hit by a truck.

I'm not someone who's led my life trying to get publicity; I'd rather do my work and go home.

I'm lucky if I find one movie a year that's worth doing, and when I do find one, it usually only takes 20-30 days to shoot.

I've done big studio films and the big studio films I've done, I've tried to do the interesting ones and the ones where I could live with myself in the morning.

My mother was sarcastic and delightful and, trust me, quite remarkable.