Nobody "becomes" a character. You can't act unless you are who you are.
I don't mind that I'm fat. You still get the same money.
The principal benefit acting has afforded me is the money to pay for my psychoanalysis.
Acting is the least mysterious of all crafts. Whenever we want something from somebody or when we want to hide something or pretend, we're acting. Most people do it all day long.
The only thing an actor owes his public is not to bore them.
Like a large number of men, I, too, have had homosexual experiences and I am not ashamed. But if there is someone who is convinced that Jack Nicholson and I are lovers, may they continue to do so. I find it amusing.