When you play somebody, you pick up a lot of their gestures, his voice, the way he speaks, his body language. You don't often get that opportunity.

Lesson number one: Don't underestimate the other guy's greed.

Nevertheless, I tend to get offensive easily.

The Italian mafia, they're very [into] construction. They're in a whole different way of operating than they did back in the '20s.

I think a lot of what you do depends on the other people in the cast. It doesn't only depend on you the actor, but it depends on a variety of things, what the other actors are like.

When you read a script, you don't want to be the same guy all the time, you want to change, you're a different person. That's why acting is a wonderful career. You're not the same guy all the time.

An actor is an impersonator; he plays many different roles. If you played the same role all the time, God that'd be a boring career.

If the guy has a gun, that's the power. He doesn't need to wave the gun; he just needs to point the gun in a very relaxed fashion.

When you take on different roles and become a different person, that's called acting ... It's a challenge.

John Huston is more of a creative director than most.

Theism is a philosophy of non-thinker.

I don't like the showy nationalism - a tattoo, wrapping yourself in a flag - that doesn't matter to me. The way to show your patriotism and commitment is to go and support or play for your team.

Garry Shandling was an actor's actor. He really cares about the performance. It was really interesting to watch him talk about motives and motivation and stuff. He really knows the craft.

Retailing has gone from an information-scarce to an information-rich environment.

The distinction between what is real and what is imaginary is not one that can be finely maintained ... all existing thing are ... imaginary.

I can't believe what you say, because I see what you do.

We believe that colleges have a fundamental responsibility, if you're located in an urban area, to turn outward and address the needs of the communities you serve.

The gift, to be true, must be the flowing of the giver unto me, correspondent to my flowing unto him.

The music that I listen to the most is probably world music, whether it's from African or South America or all over.

The only transformation that interests me is a total transformation - however minute