I love the rehearsal process in the theatre, and the visceral sense of contact and communication with a live audience.

I like being a villain. Villains are more exciting.

It's very easy to confuse Sean Connery with James Bond. Sometimes in the entertainment industry, people believe the cake is more real than the baker.

Remember to be as smart as you are.

My Brat Pack buddies and I didn't exactly handle celebrity very well. Success at an early age is far more difficult to handle than failure.

Almost anything makes me laugh, especially jokes at my own expense. And I will never, ever admit to being ticklish anywhere.

Catcher in the Rye had a profound impact on me-the idea that we all have lots of dreams that are slowly being chipped away as we grow up.

The movie that's had the most effect on me is Jaws. To this day when I'm in the ocean, I'm hearing that music.

I don't have any blindness when it comes to my money. As an actor, you can get distracted by your work. I do keep an eye on my nest egg, if you will.

Young alienation, disappointment and heartache is all a part of the first real growing up that we do.

With failure, you just try again.

Stand up for what is right even if it means standing alone.

Conscious faith is freedom. Emotional faith is slavery. Mechanical faith is foolishness.

The oblivion, and I'll say even the historical error, are a key factor in the creation of a nation, to the extent that the progress of historical studies is often a danger to nationality.

Fix your course to a star and you can navigate through any storm

never forget this moment, the hum of the bee, the saffron threads of the flower, the drawn blinds, nature's assiduousness and human cruelty.

You can't buy time. Everything, for me, seems to be a race against time. Especially musically.

I think that certainty is a closed door, It's the end of the conversation. Doubt is an open door.

'Pulp Fiction' is an amazing film, and I haven't made one nearly as good.

Everybody gets pinched but you did it right. You told them nothing and they got nothing. You learned the two greatest things in life: Never rat on your friends and always keep your mouth shut.

I received a shot and broke my tooth. Unfortunately, we Italians only eat pasta al dente.