Auditions are like a gamble. Most likely you won't get the part, but if you don't go, you'll never know if you could've got it.

Some day a real rain will come and wash all the scum off the streets.

New York is more exciting, I guess, than even Paris or London. New York's the center of something; I don't know what, really - the center of a lot of things. With all its problems and chaos and craziness, it's still a great place to live. I can't see myself living anywhere else.

I always enjoy coming to Israel. Israelis are warm, they're energetic people. Forthright. Very smart. I always like smart people. They're nice people, you know. Aggressive, and I respect that aggressiveness because you need it in their situation.

You learned the two greatest thing in life, never rat on your friends, and always keep your mouth shut.

If De Niro wants to spend the twilight of his career as the McDonald's of master thespians, we can't stop him.

Passion should always trump common sense.