But then again, you know, the pimp in TAXI DRIVER has this reason, given the environment he was living in..

The way I see things, the way I see life, I see it as a struggle. And there's a great deal of reward I have gained coming to that understanding - tha….

I've always found it not only easy, but enjoyable. It's necessary for us to reach out and I'm speaking for myself here. I certainly have a sense of r….

I was out to have a good time and have some fun. It's a fun script and fun people are in the movie..

I believe every day when I wake up and go to bed and during my dreaming time there's some moment of truth that's in front of me that will always be i….

Hardly any actor objects to press. It's a question of it being done in the way they like to see it done, meaning to get down to the serious interview….

You didn't hear the angels singing. It was brought down to Mother Earth, which is where it should be. And that led me to a lot of other reading..

Everything is difficult, and everything worthwhile is difficult. A certain need, a need not unlike Mickey had: to know, to understand, and I had that….

That's sort of like what real life is like in Hollywood. You need stars to gain financing..

Well, it's such an intricate, beautiful script about eight professional robbers pulling a heist, and it deals with elements of betrayal, trust, insti….

Then I heard this genius teacher Stella Adler - I recommend you read anything you might find about her and if you have anyone interested in theatre, ….

They have equal weight and you do the same work you'd do if you were playing a dramatic role..

You're working on being a father, so that is something that when you experience it you'll understand the profundity of wanting to protect something d….

Uhm, I'm the one wanting the lessons! I don't want to say too much about it because I'd rather have you see the movie, but he's trying to find his mu….

Well, we are not doing that film actually. At least I am not at the moment, but we are making an effort to get it done; I don't know whether we'll ge….

Well, you sort of get out of the pool room, you get out of the Marine Corps, you get out and read some literature, you become involved with people wh….

That's like asking a cobbler if he's made too many pairs of shoes..

To create characters, one must build background. And one of the tools we use is improvisation..

My advice to any actor who's playing, quote, unquote, "extra" to think of it more like Stanislavski did. It's not a small part. You are the lead in t….

I grew up with a lot of guys, some of them are dead, some of them are this and some of them that, and some of them very, very powerful, bright young ….

So there's no such thing as one too many this, one too many that. I remember, you're reminding me of early in my career, somebody said to me: why are….