Well, in the theater, I think you're actually more responsible for what is going on onstage as a director than you are in film.

I know I wasn't as handsome as some other guys, but I was OK with that.

All over the world, young men and young women will always dream dreams.

The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you're uncool.

The ambition, the drive, the wanting to be the center of attention, the wanting to succeed... They're all inside me somewhere.

I didn't go out looking for negative characters; I went out looking for people who have a struggle and a fight to tackle. That's what interests me.

Don't let people treat you like a cigarette, they only use you when they're bored and step on you when they're done. Be like drugs, let them die for you.

I work constantly but I work at a lot of different things. You know, I run a theater company in New York, I direct plays, act in plays, in movies, so I try to keep it eclectic.

No one wants to be pretentious about what they do or take it seriously, because that is just weird.

I think you should be serious about what you do because this is it. This is the only life you've got.

To be loved, I think, is the thing that gets you up in the morning.

I said to myself, 'I want to die decently'.

It took vulnerability to forge strength, the way true courage required fear.

by indignities men come to dignities

Money's a horrid thing to follow, but a charming thing to meet.

By watching the mechanics of the mind, you step out of its resistance patterns, and you can then allow the present moment to be.

Forensics is eloquence and reduction.

Economy is an excellent lure to betray people into expense.

The purpose of life is to get as close as we can to other people.

There are many ways to portray darkness and evil and it isn't all in being mean and tough.

I only work every couple of years. I go into retirement between films.