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.

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

I enjoy listening to opera at home, occasionally, but I would much rather see it than just listen to it.

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

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

That's where I'd like to be: when the business says here's a good actor who is marketable so we can use him. Just that.

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