I did the occasional odd film, like Endless Love.

My goal was not to be famous or rich but to be good at what I did. And that required going to New York and studying and working in the theater.

There's no place to act in Kansas. You're supressed.

The other death for an actor is comparing yourself to other people: Forget someone else's path. Concentrate on your path. Otherwise, you get lost, and if you don't have joy in the work, forget it.

Men are allowed to get older and women are not.

I did the occasional odd film, like Endless Love.

They said this is Vanity Fair, and I said, Oh, I already take the magazine. They said Annie Leibovitz wants to take your picture and I thought, How nice!