In my day, the drug was alcohol and the weapon was a fist, so it was very sort of innocent and primitive. Now you've got drugs, guns, and knives, which are so lethal.

The first thing I'll do if I want to look really crappy is, I don't wear any makeup at all.

I am a great admirer of other actors, but I never compete with other actors. I always compete with what I did last, and I'm my own most vicious critic. So I'm always trying to do it better.

If you're a movie actor, you're on your own - you cannot control the stage. The director controls it.

Ive read an awful lot of books, Ive read alot of awful books

I enjoy making people laugh. The trick is to tell them jokes against yourself. If you praise yourself, your stories aren't funny.

I did everything. I ran my life exactly as I wanted to, all the time. I never listened to anybody. I'm pig-headed.