I've said maybe too many times that I'd rather be typecast than not cast at all.

The only consistent hobby I've had is studying Spanish and French because of some delusion of grandeur to work around the world. I love sports but usually I'm looking for the next job.

I love the word 'resonance.'

The best came from my martial arts teacher, who also taught Elvis. He said, Your ego will get you killed.

I like Edward G. Robinson - he started as a character actor and became a lead, which is probably why I like him.

When you play so many outcasts and derelicts, or even a murderer, you need to play someone healthy.

When I was in the Army, I read a book by Adlai Stevenson. He said law was as noble as saving a person's life. So at one point, I felt that way too.

I'm probably the most pessimistic actor I know. I'm always sure I'll never work again.

I'm a journeyman actor, and I don't ever want to forget that. With romantic-lead dreams.

One of the joys about acting is researching.

It's hard to watch something you've done many years ago.

In fairy tales the evil characters disappear or die, in reality, evil spreads while you wait for your hero on a horse, only to realise the sword to save yourself was always in your hand...

The omission of good is no less reprehensible than the commission of evil.

San Francisco would be a good location for a murder mystery.

I think art is good at looking back and looking forward. I don't think art is good at looking head-on. At the end of the day, people are more important than paintings.

I don't have maids or servants, and my husband and I love waking up early and going to the 24-hour supermarket when there is nobody else there.

I don't just write music to esthetically satisfy somebody. The reason I write music is that I feel it's a vehicle or channel which leads to your true self, your essence.

When you cast doubt on some bodily function- you don't know how sensitive the body is to that kind of idea.

There is a way in which all writing is connected. In a second language, for example, a workshop can liberate the students' use of the vocabulary they're acquiring.

If you're an actor and you don't act for a long time you sort of think, I wonder if I can still do it.

The thing about smart people is that they seem like crazy people to dumb people.