You know, you have to have some inner philosophy to deal with adversity.

Acting is a youthful profession.

I remember little things that break my heart. We were coming out of Michael's house one day, and he noticed my shoelaces were undone. He bent down and tied them. I almost cried. To me, it was such a gesture of love.

A stroke is a very difficult thing. You get depressed. . . . What I found was this: the cure for depression is to think of others, to do for others. You can always find something to be grateful for.

You'll never see Spartacus in a (expletive) chair!

I don't need a critic to tell me I'm an actor. I make my own way. Nobody's my boss. Nobody's ever been my boss.

If you want to know about a man you can find out an awful lot by looking at who he married.