My mother, sister and I watched through the windows as my father gambled

Take characters that Nicholson or De Niro play: they're not always tough

To people outside, they think, Gee, that's great. You get to go here and there. The other side of that is our expression, This is location, not vacation

While I was doing these plays in the beginning, I wasn't getting paid. I thought of it more as a hobby. Then I realized how seriously a lot of these people took what they were doing

Debra Winger doesn't let anything interfere with her performance, which is the way it should be

I didn't know how to go about preparing for the part of someone who can't remember who he is. The frustration angle is written in, but there's also this incredible passive state

I'm probably satisfied with my career 80 percent of the time