Lesson number one: Don't underestimate the other guy's greed.

John Huston is more of a creative director than most.

We rehearsed our 'Scarface' to the nines. Long period of rehearsal, so that by the time we started to shoot, it was almost like doing a play. We all had a grand time doing it. It was a wonderful cast.

Nevertheless, I tend to get offensive easily.

I think a lot of what you do depends on the other people in the cast. It doesn't only depend on you the actor, but it depends on a variety of things, what the other actors are like.

The Italian mafia, they're very [into] construction. They're in a whole different way of operating than they did back in the '20s.

When you read a script, you don't want to be the same guy all the time, you want to change, you're a different person. That's why acting is a wonderful career. You're not the same guy all the time.