I've always considered myself an actor first and foremost.

I mean, Scorsese's a genius, and that's one way of shooting.

I have consciously not taken the role of a gangster, which has been offered to me far too many times.

It's different if you're a painter. You can hidethe ones that don't work. You can't do that with movies. They tellthe story of who you are at the time, and that's the wonderful thingabout it.

Ripe bananas are the mark of a good produce section. A good produce section is the mark of a superior grocery store. A superior grocery store is the mark of a good man.

Every character, no matter who you play, at times is pretending to be somebody else. People have a public face and a private face.

I'm actually one who will encourage directors to cut my lines.