I think there should be collaboration, but under my thumb.

I was not a collective person or a bohemian; I was an elitist.

The world was like a huge red carpet out ahead of me to be walked on. And it stretched on and on, no end.

What's called a difficult decision is a difficult decision because either way you go there are penalties.

The real challenge is not simply to survive. Hell, anyone can do that. It’s to survive as yourself, undiminished.

Look for the contradictions in every character, especially in your heroes and villains. No one should be what they first seem to be. Surprise the audience.

Take it from a director: if you get an actor that Sandy Meisner has trained, you've been blessed.

Whatever hysteria exists is inflamed by mystery, suspicion and secrecy. Hard and exact facts will cool it.

I knew the exuberance of playing before an admiring audience and hearing my secret voice.

You've got to keep fighting; you've got to risk your life every six months to stay alive.

Wonder is our need today, not information.

It is difficult batting in artificial light with a red ball but it's a horrible task for umpires to make a judgment.

November 8th, we'd better be careful, because that election is going to be rigged. People are going to walk in and they're going to vote 10 times, maybe, who knows?

He who dallies is a dastard, He who doubts is damned.

The greater part of our misfortunes are brought on by neglecting the chances that yesterday gave us.

Kissing's no fun when you have herpes

As you perform good actions selflessly, true love will blossom, which will purify our emotional mind.

I've been working steadily as an actor since around 1998. I wasn't well known in the public, but I was a dependable working journeyman.

We simply rob ourselves when we make presents to the dead.

How could you possibly know that no religion can see the whole truth unless you yourself have the superior, comprehensive knowledge of spiritual reality you just claimed non of the religions have?