Read more. Read. Read. Read. Deeply, widely, read. Learn all kinds of subjects. The smarter you are as an actor, the better an actor you'll be.

From 1980 to 1990, I shot more films than any other actor in the Screen Actors Guild, apart from Gene Hackman.

Show business has never been my everything. It's a means; it's not the end. It's a means to the end. I want and have always wanted freedom. That was always my goal, to not have a boss, to not have anybody tell me what to do. Luckily, as an actor, I got that.

Unless you're Jack Lemmon or Cary Grant, there are few guys who can do comedy and drama.

No matter how bad your life gets, you can always turn it around.

You can tell when you're in a hit.

Directing is a tremendous art.