The point of having a director is that they make the final decision; it's their point of view, they set the rhythm and they make the final decisions.

I tend to think you're fearless when you recognize why you should be scared of things, but do them anyway.

Whatever you do, do it completely. Don't do it half-arsed. Do it more than anybody else would.

The art of survival is a story that never ends.

It's about pursuing it rather than waiting to see what comes along.

It's the actors who are prepared to make fools of themselves who are usually the ones who come to mean something to the audience.

I think trying too hard to be sexy is the worst thing in the world a woman can do.

I find something fascinating about the quiet man in the background who has no desire to be the center of attention.

But I learned that there's a certain character that can be built from embarrassing yourself endlessly. If you can sit happy with embarrassment, there's not much else that can really get to ya.

Art is something to be proud of. Art is no compromise. As an actor, you're giving it up, you're at the mercy of so many other people.

I only sound intelligent when there's a good script writer around.

Caring about a person is like praying to a doughnut in the darkness.

I was brought in, not in the photographic department at all, I was brought in on a thing called Special Skills. I was to do posters, pamphlets, murals, propaganda in general, you know.

Our daily lives are so mundane, we get taken over by what is immediately in front of us and we don't see beyond that.

I'm the star of stage, screen, and television now, but I'm also available for children's parties and bar mitzvahs.

No matter how dark and gloomy it looks in your life right now, if you'll release the weight of those burdens, you will see the sun break forth.

Technique holds a reader from sentence to sentence, but only content will stay in his mind.

Everything in your life can change except ONE: your passion

I'm pretty private about my neuroses. You're not neurotic if you talk to yourself - everyone does - you're only neurotic if you hear an answer.

Unless you call attention to your presence who will know you're there? Even a country has to weave and wave a flag as proof of its existence.

Men are that they might have joy . . . not guilt trips.