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.

In order to continue to do interesting work, you need to be...proceeding.

I literally was saved by a role, from becoming a cab driver. I never did have to wait tables, though, so looking back I guess I had it pretty soft.

There is no problem that is not improved by effort, and no effort that is too paltry to be worth undertaking.

If there's any business that instructs you in the strong hand of fate, it's show business. You can plan and plan, but it's what happens to you that really determines what your career will be like.

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

Shakespeare is the one who gets re-interpreted most frequently.