A lot of old guys in movies are like cowboys - they talk like cowboys and they dress like cowboys.

My first girlfriend in high school, I had a girlfriend in grade school, but my first girlfriend in high school was Mare Winningham, very fine actress.

There was no one around called 'Val' when I was young, so I wanted to be John or Bill. Now I like it.

Do what you like to do so well that someone will pay you wages for it.

I never had a business plan. I did, actually - I'm lying. My business plan was to get lucky, and I did; that was great. And then my second business plan was to get lucky again, and there, I faltered.

If you're in a hit movie, it's good to be in another hit movie straight away.

Peter Sellers was just a brilliant actor, and also comedic.