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

You can't think that you're playing a villain, or you'll end up with a cartoon. You have to think about him as a person and a hero.

Around mid-life everyone goes maniac a little bit.

I remember seeing Bill Hurt in New York once. I talked to him on the phone around 1988 and that's about it. I was shooting in New York and somebody said Glenn Close came by the set

I got to talking to an old actor, and he had a bunch of stories about the Rough Riders

You realize just how long youve been away when you get home and start dialing 8 out of habit so you can get access to local calls.