When I don't know what the music is going to be for a scene, I imagine some sort of orchestration going on and damned if they don't usually come up with a similar kind of thing.

Actors take risks all the time. We put ourselves on the line. It is creative to be able to interpret someone's words and breathe life into them.

Human beings have speculated about the relationship between inspiration and insanity for centuries.

The mania started with insomnia and not eating and being driven, driven to find an apartment, driven to see everybody, driven to do New York, driven to never shut up.

I had been very close to Anne Bancroft when we worked together in The Miracle Worker

I can't tell you what I had for breakfast, but I can sing every single word of rock and roll

... I went through a very lethargic period ... I was just sort of getting through every night and every day.