I wanted, I think, to acknowledge Luck: the chance of it, the benevolence of it in my life, and the brutality of it in the lives of others; made especially savage for children because they may not be allowed the good fortune of a lifetime to correct it.

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

I wasn't running toward the theater but running away from the sporting goods store. Of course now that I'm selling spaghetti sauce (with Newman's Own), I begin to understand the romance of business.. the allure of being the biggest fish in the pond and the juice you get from beating out your competitors.

A man without enemies is a man without character.

If you have no enemies, you have no character.

You discover a lot of things on your feet and if you don't have any rehearsal, then anything that happens on the screen is by accident.

I want to acknowledge luck, the benevolence of it in my life, and the brutality of it in the lives of others.