Acting is characterization, the process of two entities merging-the actor and the role.

The (Academy Award) ceremonies are a two-hour meat parade, a public display with contrived suspense for economic reasons.

If I were ever stranded on a desert island, there would be 3 things I’d need: food, shelter, and a grip.

Truth is not always a pleasant thing.

We [he and his wife Trish Van Devere] don't talk politics. I'm an independent conservative; she's a radical Democrat. We never vote together.

There is no question you get pumped up by the recognition. Then a self-loathing sets in when you realise you're enjoying it.

But when it became an international hoopla where careers lived and died on whether or not you did or didn't get an Oscar, then it got out of hand.

He had a winning smile, but everything else was a loser.

The human spirit is stronger than anything that can happen to it.

Do not invest time and money into yourself to have others completely destroy it!

Giving with love is more rewarding for the giver's heart and mind than the receiver

You don't win by wishing for your competitor or enemy to be weak and broke

Well, I'm a Texas boy, and we have denim in our blood.

Fashion ... has brought every thing into vogue, by turns.

I have three daughters. I wanted them to be raised where there are real seasons and where everyone their age wasn't trying to get into movies.

Statesmen and beauties are very rarely sensible of the gradations of their decay.

In our present high state of civilization, people are so much alike, that anything at all odd comes on one with the freshness and character of an antique coin among smooth shillings.

My experience is that as soon as people are old enough to know better, they don't know anything at all.

You cannot say, because I am from Naples so I like the mixture of drama and comedy all together.