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.

Being a star is an agent's dream, not an actor's.

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.

Very often some of the religious miracle plays you see on television can be very corny, I find. And so simplistic.

I wanted to show that crime doesn't pay. If you are saved and accept the Lord, you cannot use that as an excuse to avoid punishment.

There was nothing wrong with shouting at God.

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.