It's probably odd for someone to read an interview where the interviewee is worried about exposure while they're talking in an interview.

My fear now is of cliche, of complacency, of not being able to feel authenticity in myself and those around me.

There's a lot of skeletons in my closet!

I generally play strong people and scary people.

People have said unkind things and you kind of have to, if you happen to read it, you have to just, you know, move on.

I lived in Texas for 10 years. There were a lot of people chewing, including my dad.

The writer should always serve as his own angleworm —and the sharper the barb with which he fishes himself out of blackness, the better.

I've never had any delusions about being a leading man, and it's not sour grapes to say that in the best films that I've always enjoyed, the cliched leading man type isn't a part of the picture.

Motive is never easy. Sometimes it occurs to one only later.

You never really forget who you are. If you did, you'd need to seek some professional help

I have to be careful of what TV shows I choose, particularly ones that have commercials in them, because it's going to be a different kind of television show.

Runnin's not a bad thing, sir, so long as you're runnin' towards somethin' good.

Accidents, try to change them - it's impossible. The accidental reveals man.

There were rules in the monastery, but the Master always warned against the tyranny of the law. 'Obedience keeps the rules,' he would say. 'Love knows when to break them.'

Our country has tremendous problems. We're a debtor nation.

In life it isn't what you've lost, it's what you've got left that counts

It's all right letting yourself go, as long as you can get yourself back.

When I countered that Archie Bunker didn't have to put down a race of people to say that, he replied, 'and you're the dumbest white kid I've ever met.'

He has not truly lived who has not lived for others, in sympathy and in harmony with his fellows.

The majority of people mistakenly feel like they don't need a live musical experience.

Cake is not the issue here.