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

The virtue of the country is that it makes you thirsty for the city.

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

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.

The bad guys dont always get punished and the good guys are not necessarily pure.

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