I expect that everything I do will be not watched or not seen. That way, I'm never disappointed when I become flooded with that reality.

My self-confidence didn't come from my appearance, it came from other things that I did. But certainly not my appearance.

Each character represents a different color on the big palette of what this ultimate painting is going to look like, who your guy is, and just try to be as honest and simple and real as you can possibly be. The outer trappings are incidental - costumes, period, makeup - all of that is rather insignificant at the end of the day.

I've been a professional actor for almost 40 years.

I had an opportunity to be in Frank's [Sinatra] circle, but I couldn't take advantage of it because I couldn't get over how awed I was by him. It was so uncomfortable for me because he meant so much to me, but I just couldn't be myself, so I fled rather than having those great nights hanging out.

I'm kind of one of these guys who wants to play everything once before it's all over.

I'm fully aware that things that resonate and become real hits are the exception to the rule, so much so that I've wired myself for failure.