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

You don't have to rush to do anything.

You never know what you do that could be totally out of left field, which actually might work and give something fresh to the whole scene, to the character, whatever. If you have that with a director who then knows how to shape it, either in the direction, in the moment, or in the editing, then that's good.

Everybody's in New York and, hopefully, my younger kids will go to college in New York and find something they want to do so they'll stay in the city

Sometimes if you have financial restraints, it's a benefit. It forces you to come up with a more creative way.

Running a casino is like robbing a bank with no cops around. For guys like me, Las Vegas washes away your sins. It's like a morality car wash.

Every set up that you do, everything is precisely modulated and raised and lowered.”