I'm lucky to be in this business. I'm very grateful.

I love the fame and the money and the power. You have to keep working to have that.

Any kind of writing that's meaningful becomes hard work, so there were times when it would really flow, there were times when I'd get 10 pages a day, and then there were days when I would do three pages. Depends on the thickness of the material. If it's satisfying, it's hard, but it's pretty wonderful.

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

Directing is a tremendous art.

Everyone keeps asking me, What are you doing? I say, Why do I need to do anything? I'm rich.

It's important for everybody to have somewhere to go. Men and women need purpose [in life].