I've tried writing. Two days later I'd go visit it and say, Jesus Christ, who wrote this crap?.

I think first impressions are important when you pick up a script..

In a sense, all actors are character actors, because we're all playing different characters. But a lot of the time - and I don't know, because I'm no….

You can change a person's life in an instant; put him in a movie, and you start thinking differently, you want to be in another movie. It's like an a….

I have a home in Arizona. I go a couple months a year, but basically Chicago is my home..

When I was a kid going to the movies, we'd go because Bogart was in the movie, or Cagney, or John Wayne. We didn't know what the story was about or a….

I know people who go back and check themselves, but it drives me crazy. Everybody wants to look in the mirror and see Cary Grant looking back at them….

You cant act for the editing. You just go in and do the scene the way you think is right..

I'm old enough to never say never. I never had a grand plan with what I was going to do. There are some movies that I would like to be involved with,….

I don't like to be talked into anything. I don't want to be cajoled..

I wanted to do Buddy Faro as a small budget movie. They said no. So I wanted to do it as a series of recurring TV movies, and they said no. So I agre….

I don't watch any of my own movies, but I love going to the movies. To me, there is nothing more relaxing or gratifying than sitting down in the dark….

Do whatever you're directed to do, and leave the rest of that technical stuff up to the director..

As far as carrying the American banner, you just do what's right for the kids..

There's a whole catalogue of actors that never went to acting school..

I love England and the historical aspect of it..

I read the script and try not to bring anything personal into it. I make notes, talk to the director and we decide what kinds of shades should be in ….

I'd love to do a Western. A real Western like John Ford used to do. There's not too many of them made, so I don't know if I'll ever get to do that. T….

I think all actors are supposed to be character actors..

I don't know if I have a technique. I'm just trying to remember the words..

What you do as a policeman might be the right thing to do, but it's not entertaining. I left that behind me..