I have always been so interested in film as a medium.

You can't always do the extraordinary, in between you have to do the ordinary. Because if you didn't, what would constitute the extraordinary?

Becoming an actor is like becoming a father. It's not hard to become one. Making a life of it is the challenge.

Facts can be so misleading, where rumors, true or false, are often revealing.

You're always being cast for what you've been in last.

You need the villain. If you don't have a villain, the good guy can stay home.

If the shoe fits, you must wear it.

I think Stephen Sondheim is a - and I hardly ever use this word - but this is as close as it gets to a genius.

One does not contradict the other.Straight-faced is the basis of all decent comedy.

I'm open to working anywhere, but not on anything.

You know, I don't support esoteric approaches to acting.

...the standard for moral behaviour must be part of God's nature. He did not create morality, he is morality.

I studied all about Gauguin. He was a banker. He was a banker who - he used to paint on Sundays. And one day he hated himself for painting on Sundays.

I'm not a huge fan of plastic surgery, for either guys or girls.

Classic Van Halen made people want to dance and f**k. Modern Van Halen makes you want to drink milk and drive foreign cars.

Speak up when you're supposed to, as opposed to trying to write prescriptions for the way people should live.

Man's task is simple. He should cease letting his existence be a thoughtless accident.

People don't use their eyes. They never see a bird, they see a sparrow. They never see a tree, they see a birch. They see concepts.

A quiet conscience makes one so serene.

It's not the ideas; it's design, implementation and hard work that make the difference.

I should warn you that underneath these clothes I'm wearing boxer shorts and I know how to use them.