Some people say, 'Do you have any theories on acting?' And I say, well maybe: I think you can start with zero and end with zero. You don't have to go anywhere, you don't have to go for the result.

The idea is that one's temperament improves with age; that you learn to deal better with people and become more benevolent and loving. That's not necessarily true. I try to stay loose but sometimes the best thing to do is get yourself away and take a good nap.

I can always grow a little bit, and try to do something different. So I'm always looking for what's out there - the potential.

There's no smoking section in heaven.

I've always liked country music. It's a certain aspect of America that goes back to the British Isles and the influence is very native to America.

You know, Hollywood sometimes tends to patronize the interior of the United States. As Horton Foote used to say, the great Texas playwright, that a lot of people from New York don't know what goes on beyond the South Jersey Shore.

I like to do things that I develop from the ground up.