At my age, you sort of fart your way into a role.

Why don't you knock it off with them negative waves ?Why don't you dig how beautiful it is out here ?Why don't you say something righteous and hopeful for a change ?

It's the things we love most that destroy us.

I love grabbing my wife and going to a distant location to film.

I don't think I have one iota of cynicism about acting.

I have been able to play a lot of guys and they have kept me working.

One measurement is worth a thousand expert opinions.

I think we're [me and my son] different. He plans, organizes and intellectualizes more than I do. It wasn't until I worked with Federico Fellini that I understood what my problem was.

Not too much, though there's a certain amount of rancour and bitterness when someone tries to fire you.

I had a kind of meandering little career, and then I was given a chance to play one of the bottom six in The Dirty Dozen.

Fundamentally, people are suckers for the truth.

We define organic chemistry as the chemistry of carbon compounds.

Work is not a curse; it is the prerogative of intelligence, the only means to manhood, and the measure of civilization.

I do not agree that NIMBYism is wrong morally. I believe that NIMBYism is wrong ethically. It's a personal choice.

ideas are dangerous commodities.

Does love still exist if you can’t say it? If you can’t admit it?

There's no second chance on stage, and I was trained to make the most of my first chance.

Don't limit your challenges - challenge your limits. Don't spread patriotism too thin.

Your life changes the moment you make a new, congruent, and committed decision.

The mind is the most capricious of insects — flitting, fluttering.

With the Berlin I was able to set up a fortress that he could come near but not breach.