The characters I have the least in common with are the ones I have the greatest success with. The further a role is from my own experience, the more I try to deepen it.

If I ever feel like I’m doing something I’ve done before, I scrap it and start over again.

You can't really appreciate anonymity until you've lost it. People say that's sour grapes, but it really isn't To be able to walk down the street without people paying attention to you is a real blessing and you lose it when you become an actor.

For those of you who like to scarf your popcorn in the sack, the good news is that Newman's Own contains an aphrodisiac.

I certainly never expected to be a professional actor. I never expected to be in movies. I thought I would probably become a teacher.

From the very beginning, we bucked tradition. When the experts said that something was "always done" in a certain way, we'd do it our way, which was sometimes the very opposite.

How many honest men do you know? Take the sinners away from the saints, you're lucky to end up with Abraham Lincoln.