I stopped writing at the age of 18. I had written incessantly before that. I read, of course, because I was in university, but I wasn't going to writ….

I jumped horses over big dangerous fences in competition. And got very, very good at it, at quite a high level. And I realized long since that, yeah,….

If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?.

I became an actor by accident, not by design..

There's only one man I've called a coward, and that's Brian Doyle-Murray..

I'd been on everybody else's show and there was always a preinterview. Somebody would come with a tape recorder and you'd talk for three or four hour….

I'd been on all the television programs as an actor, as a writer, as a director, as a producer..

When you're talking about the thing that is most important to someone, they're liable to feel something strong..

They change. They're different. There are no two alike, that's the miracle of it. But if they have something to teach the students. You can see them ….

I became a professional actor in Detroit and I was able to earn some money. It was a good job because it permitted me to study. It fit perfectly with….

I wanted when we began this to have a conversation, the kind that you're able to have, and the only way I knew how to do it was not to have a pre-int….

Geniuses always think it's easier than we make it out to be..

Comedians don't laugh. They're too busy analyzing why it's funny or not..

The foundation for film acting is stage acting..

The Pivot Questionnaire that I ask other people, when I have on rare occasion answered it, the answer to the question, "What turns you on?" Is words.….

I was originally going to be a lawyer, and the only thing I remember from the art of cross-examination is - you can see this one coming up Sixth Aven….

There are still actors who use emotional memory, affective memory, which was Lee Strasberg's emphasis, not his total emphasis. She taught everything ….

When I went to school, my intention was to be a lawyer. When I attended university that was still the clear intention; I was going to be a lawyer. Wh….

I love writing. I like reading, other people, not myself..

If I were to ask you for example right now to go back with me and define those moments in your life that shaped you as a person and you began to reex….

I think that anybody's craft is fascinating. A taxi driver talking about taxi driving is going to be very, very interesting..