An actor cannot be a censor. I'm there to interpret.

The most nurturing of directors can make you feel too comfortable, and you don't really push for that extra whatever.

My favorite actor who played villains - who could play anything, really - was Jimmy Cagney.

I'm very pragmatic in that I know there are very few greats in anything. I got lucky just to have gotten two of the real great filmmakers very early on. Better to have had them than to not have had them. I've been really fortunate. That's the key relationship on a movie: the director and the actor. Of course, you can't compare the experiences. When you're in your early 20s, you're a very different person. It was a very exciting time, and my whole world was changing. Now I'm looking back, and hoping I can still offer something. Still do good work.

There are no great scripts - just great films.

The thing is, I've never been a handsome leading-man type, so let's not kid ourselves.

You know, I've had an incredible career and I'm blessed.