As an actor, you deal in fantasy, imagination, and concentration. Those are your three weapons. Those are your bullets.

I know, there are so many great lines [in Tommy Boy]. People say to me, "Did you eat paint chips for a living?" Or, "These shoes are worth more than your life." And the one I get all the time is, "Brothers don't shake hands, brothers gotta hug!"

For the only time in my career, I came in and met Tony [Richardson] for the part - I did not read, I just met with him - and in the middle of the meeting, he told me that I had the part [in The Hotel New Hampshire]. There was never, "Well, thank you, and we'll have my people call your people." There was none of that kabuki that goes on now endlessly for even the smallest role.

[The Outsiders] was all new to me. It's been fun to be a part of that ride, where it's become on the level of Catcher In The Rye in terms of people's required reading in schools.

Everybody is God. Everybody is the devil. And if you don't realize you have both parts, that's what really causes problems.

They (teenage boys)don’t really listen to speeches or talks. They absorb incrementally, through hours and hours of observation.

["John F. Kennedy" movie] was just really clever storytelling.