The happiest I ever been was when I was a struggling actor. I've had big houses and small houses. I always had work available for most of my career. When I actually had to find jobs to make money, that's when I was happy.
Richard DreyfussWhen you work in front of the people, either in a film or in television, the people who are in the room with you are not watching you work, they're working so you'd have to light a fire to get them to watch what you were doing.
Richard DreyfussThe bad guy always gets the best scene and the best lines in the film, and they usually get the most days off.
Richard DreyfussIt's fun to see the light in someone's eyes. It's fun to give your own eccentric experience and have it land. That's fun.
Richard DreyfussI spoke so much about being a manic-depressive. I want to bring everyone back to my earliest memories of this companion of mine. Some people call this companion I have an ailment, or worse a terrible nightmare from which some people cannot awaken. I know that I have nothing to be ashamed of. I have nothing that should garner a stigma.
Richard Dreyfuss