I was a little nervous coming in mostly because my first scene was with Martin Sheen, who I'm a huge fan of.

You need someone to tell you how to do things like hitting your marks, or driving a car so it looks right or getting out of a car so it doesn't take a million years of screen time.

I miss everything about Chicago, except January and February.

I love going to concerts, so that whole environment is something that intrigues me anyway.

Let’s focus on where you could end up, not where you were or are.

I am also a drummer of sorts. I've got an electronic set sitting in my bedroom.

You always know when something works it's a result of everything firing on all cylinders.

Being able to fantasize for a couple of days at being a rock singer surpassed most things I've done on stage.

I will confess I did none of my own singing. I did all my own costume and makeup, though.

I grew up with Apocalypse Now and Badlands, so I had a real awe thing going.

Karl Malden was quite a mentor. He taught me things he had learned from being in front of a camera so long.

Watch for subjects as you go but the city or the country. Keep your eyes and ears open, and you will hear and see angels.

Forever means losing count of years.

Everything stinks until it's finished.

My athletes always follow my advice... unless it conflicts with what that they want to do.

As an artist, you don't think about the parabola or the arc you're describing or where you're going to ultimately end up, you're just kind of crawling around, seeing what's out there.

Just pity him, my boy. Tomorrow we'll be on our way, but he'll have to keep his own disagreeable company until the day he dies.

We got famous off singing about a chicken.

January, month of empty pockets! let us endure this evil month, anxious as a theatrical producer's forehead.

If superstition enters, the brain is gone.

All the skills which I have acquired during my sociological life allow me to diagnose and explain what is going on, but not to predict what will happen.