You don't retire from the movies. The movies retire you.

That to me is what my idea of film acting should be. There shouldn't be any acting. You should just be watching a real person.

I've never been competitive with other actors. I've been competitive with myself and I'm my own worst critic, a terrible critic I am, and unless I get something right, I feel very unhappy.

To disappear your complete self into a character is quite difficult. I've tried it 85 times, and I've succeeded two or three times.

My view is that you should always remake failures because then you've got nowhere to go but up.

Since I was 19, I've had the most fun possible every single day, even when I had a rough life. It was the army which taught me about life, and the theater which taught me how good it could be.

When becoming a character, you have to steal. Steal whatever you see. You can even steal from other actors' characterizations; but if you do, only steal from the best.