I've always done what I thought was good if I could live on what they were offering-and sometimes if I couldn't. So even when I was broke, my career didn't lack for interest.

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.

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

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

I think people have some control over what they want; there's a relationship - maybe not automatic - between what you want and get.

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

If you're going to be born ugly and be an actor - the least they can do is let you play Lincoln.