I think that I've still not been successful at playing the role of the retired actor, and I'd like to work on that.

I'll tell you what I probably would prefer to happen less and less: actors that I know and respect in shampoo ads. Or modeling.

The one thing you can count on in Hollywood - across the board - is cowardice.

The thing that's very close in the process is writing and acting, not directing. Directing's very different.

It has nothing to do with the emotional demands of a role; I've done comedies that are as draining to me as any drama.

I don't think you can get away with putting your talents in a toilet bowl and not having them flushed away. Forever. There is a level of murder of one's soul and of the culture that they're supposed to be feeding vitamins to.

There's not a lot of good movies being made.