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?

If you don't daydream and kind of plan things out in your imagination, you never get there. So you have to start someplace.

When you dance tango fast, you have to think slow.

My father's people... are from Fairfax in northern Virginia, just across the Mason-Dixon line. So it was an honour to play Lee, he was a great general.

Although it wasn't that easy to do, it was wonderful working with John Wayne.

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'll keep on acting 'til they wipe the drool. I like the business. I like to do different parts and diverse characters. I haven't lost my enthusiasm yet!