Whenever there is any doubt, there is no doubt.

As an actor who's starting out, you can't say, "Hey, I'm too good for this." You gotta do it, because people see you, your name gets around, and it has a cumulative effect.

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.

My mother worked for a woman, Maria Ley-Piscator, who with her husband founded the Dramatic Workshop, which was connected to the New School. My mother did proofreading and typing and stuff or her, and as part of her payment, I was able to take acting classes there on Saturdays when I was 10.

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

I hurt someone's feelings once.

Feeling a little bit alive is a lot better than just waiting to die.