If I could spend the rest of my life inside one movie it would be The Godfather, because it's the greatest movie ever made.

What life really is all about is happiness. It's not money, or stature, or the amount of cars you have in your driveway. Life, a really successful life, is one in which you are loved and love somebody else, or some other people.

For 15 years I did two to three movies a year, sometimes four. I didn't get to spend time building my personal life.

Making art is an act of courage. Do you know who said that?

You can tell when you're in a hit.

I don't believe in having to show anybody anything. I just do my work. You know, making a living as an actor is such a rarity on earth. It's like making a living as a painter. So I look at different opportunities in the same way as Jack Nicholson, who said once, "Keep popping up in different holes. That's what you want to do: Just keep popping up in different holes." That made a lot of sense to me.

I'm somebody who deserves to be supported and encouraged to continue my work because I have a lot to give.