I look forward to growing old and wise and audacious.

I used to believe that anything was better than nothing. Now I know that sometimes nothing is better.

Nobody really needs a mink coat... Except the mink.

Acting is not about dressing up. Acting is about stripping bare. The whole essence of learning lines is to forget them so you can make them sound like you thought of them that instant.

It's appalling that there have to be movements organized to give human beings the right to be human beings in the eyes of other human beings.

I can't actually see myself putting make-up on my face at the age of sixty, but I can see myself going on a camel train to Samarkand.

My money goes to my agent, then to my accountant and from him to the tax man.

I have never believed you make your case stronger by bad-mouthing your opposition.

Men can be a great deal of work for very little reward.

If we go back to the heyday of that era I think we will see replicated again the extraordinary human damage that we as a nation have suffered from.

The good writer and the good actor are always searching for what is essential. It is a never-ending task because what is essential is always elusive and, therefore, fascinating.

Get out of bed. Go to classes. Try to be normal, and pretty soon all that grief you carry...it gets easier.

Some people get lifetimes, some get moments. I’ve got to tell myself it’s what you do with what you get that counts.

When you decide to adapt some Russian novel, it's like everyone knows about it but nobody has read it.

After a greater or lesser number of generations the mutants are eliminated.

My older kids are fantastic people. It can't be the result of my influence on them.

A gospel that in no way offends the sinner has not been understood.

The roster that we have today may change tomorrow. It is what it is for right now.

I come from a family of professional dog-showers, one step above carnies, but I didn't want to join the family business.

You know, I don’t know what the future will bring, but I’m ready for whatever comes!

One false idea is that anyone can hurt you. Events can ruin your reputation, take your money, mistreat you, revenge itself upon you, deceive, betray, abandon you, but cannot hurt you.