Curiously, directing my own films have made me more tolerant and patient. I've always been an extremely impatient actor. Waiting around drove me nuts. But now I'm much more sympathetic to a director's struggle.

As a director, I wouldn't like me as an actor. As an actor, I wouldn't like me as a director.

You should prepare when you go to a public event to be public. That's when I will sign autographs. But not when you're going about your normal business.

I'm always moving forward and trying new things.

I was producing things I was acting in, but I had never directed and I felt it was time. I was looking for a piece of material that was about behavior and feelings. When I read Judith Guest's book, I thought, This is it.

Like all actors, I was open to taking on new challenges, including those outside my comfort zone.

'Butch Cassidy' was the only film I ever enjoyed making.