Ask most kids about details about Auschwitz or about how the American Indians were assassinated as a people and they don't know anything about it. They don't want to know anything. Most people just want their beer or their soap opera or their lullaby.

Working with any actor is like working with a monkey.

I don't stretch my hand out anymore, but I never get tired of waiting for the next magic.

The close-up says everything.

Never confuse the size of your paycheck with the size of your talent.

If you're successful, acting is about as soft a job as anybody could ever wish for. But if you're unsuccessful it's worse than having a skin disease.

Nobody "becomes" a character. You can't act unless you are who you are.