What a lovely surprise to finally discover how unlonely being alone can be.

When you recognize what your talents are, a happy life is developing them to the greatest extent you can.

She goes from one addiction to another. All are ways for her to not feel her feelings.

I always wanted to play Joan of Arc. I've always wanted to do that. Now I'm thinking, 'Maybe there's a story in Joan of Arc's mother!' If I don't hurry up, her grandmother!

Well my taste wasn't very good when I first started out. But later, when I began to appreciate the art of acting, I would say the actress I most admire is Vanessa Redgrave.

The interesting thing about doing a play is to find a way to make it fresh and do it as though you were doing it for the first time.

I did my famous cabbage soup diet, so I was able to do it.

I've lived most of my life in Manhattan, but as close as Brooklyn is to Manhattan, there are people who live there who have been to Manhattan maybe once or twice.

To me, it's a very moral film. If my son were a teenager now, I would drag him to see it.

They pulled Resurrection out of the theatres, so it was running in New York and I was nominated for the Oscar and there was no ad in the newspapers to say it was running. So it was literally killed.

Then in came this script with another very low offer, and another drug addict and a depressing and difficult part to play. I thought, 'Why should I put myself through that for hardly any money?'

O man ! Do and Do something otherwise thou will have the only deposit of Zilch with thee.

War is war and Hell is hell, and if you ask me, War is a lot worse.

I spent a year in that town, one Sunday.

We finally got Nebraska where we want them...off the schedule.

There are a lot of films where I play characters that are about the windows to the interior person rather than the exterior.

What do you do with a lifetime of work? Face it in the morning.

Procrastination also can be a way of self-handicapping: if you don't do a great job, you can always say to yourself, "If I'd only started sooner, I'd have been able to produce something excellent."

I think any actor will tell you that they always assume they'll never work again, so every job becomes important.

I think Barack Obama is an amazing man and president. His legacy is ongoing.