I like working with directors because I'm really opinionated about what things work and may not work, what audiences like and may not like, (not really) but I do have opinions about things. I like to be able to say them and then have them acted on. The director who responds to me like that, always gets my appreciation. I do appreciate it. What I find is the best directors, no matter what kind of name they have, are like that.

What I haven't talked about I don't intend to talk about.

I don't think you're going to get nominated every time you jump out of the box.

...if we get the right kind of energy, there are endless amounts. I think we should be developing every kind of alternative fuel that is available to us. That includes hydrogen to soybeans, from solar to wind. Whatever we can find that is going to help us clean up the environment we should be working really hard on developing.

I would never complain that Hollywood is racist when I'm one of the people touted as a welcome entity there.

I got my first job as a card-carrying actor in New York in 1967. Before that, I was a very desperate wannabe.

If I wasn't acting, I have no clue what I'd be doing 'cause I have no other talent.