Occupation: Actor Birth: February 29, 1944 Death: July 22, 2013
Writer-directors are a little bit more liberal, rather than having just the writer on the set, because I think sometimes the writer becomes too preci….
What you do as a policeman might be the right thing to do, but it's not entertaining. I left that behind me..
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 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….
I have a home in Arizona. I go a couple months a year, but basically Chicago is my home..
I've tried writing. Two days later I'd go visit it and say, Jesus Christ, who wrote this crap?.
There's a whole catalogue of actors that never went to acting school..
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….
I think all actors are supposed to be character actors..
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 don't like to be talked into anything. I don't want to be cajoled..
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 don't know if I have a technique. I'm just trying to remember the words..
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….
As far as carrying the American banner, you just do what's right for the kids..
Do whatever you're directed to do, and leave the rest of that technical stuff up to the director..
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….
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 think first impressions are important when you pick up a script..
I love England and the historical aspect of it..
You cant act for the editing. You just go in and do the scene the way you think is right..