Some Russian ballet master woman said there's no culture in America, but if you look you can find interesting stuff in this country, don't you think?

The most solitary I ever felt was when I was living in New York. I used to live in Enrico Caruso's old apartment, and I had a special staircase that took me up to the roof. There was nobody up there.

When I knew nothing, I thought I could do anything.

To me, real comedy comes out of behavior. It's the choices you make as an actor. It's never about, "I want to do a comedy script." I can't think of it that way. And besides, some of those movies, those comedy movies, I can't even watch them.

I'm a man without a corporation.

We're all travelers in this world. From the sweet grass to the packing house. Birth 'til death. We travel between the eternities.

There's a lot of ignorance in our business... Everybody's an authority. To have your own vision is rewarding.