We're paid to care. That's what actors get their money for. But the main goal is not for the actors to be frustrated at the end of the show, but for the audience to be throwing their shoes at the television set. That's what we're trying for.

I dont think playing a villain is my greatest talent.

I'm too old to be governed by fear of dumb people.

I came to New York in 1962 and it began to look like I might he able to make a living in 1972.

Obviously the first roles that you're proud of are the ones that everybody else liked too.

As for lawyers, it's more fun to play one than to be one.

I got a note from my father, who said that Success is wonderful, if you don't inhale. That was his own aphorism, and I think it's the very best thing he could have said to me or anyone else on the subject.