Nobody sees the same movie. I'm sure there are people who saw Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and thought "Finally a gay movie about men who reall….

Nothing makes an actor feel freer and more inventive and more creative than being trusted..

We're all animals, but we're a different sort of animal. Maybe they're better than us. They're more loyal. They're more pure. They're more simple. Th….

Just because you're not sweating doesn't mean you're not putting in the work..

People ask, 'What's the best role you've ever played?' The next one..

I've got the Jewish guilt and the Irish shame and it's a hell of a job distinguishing which is which..

I think every American actor wants to be a movie star. But I never wanted to do stupid movies, I wanted to do films. I vowed I would never do a comme….

Hindsight. It's like foresight without a future..

The worth of a life is not determined by a single failure or a solitary success..

I'm a real pushover for animals..

I have been in countries where I don't know a word of the language. I tried to practice my French as much as possible. I would talk with the crew. I ….

I think every American actor wants to be a movie star. But I never wanted to do stupid movies, I wanted to do films..

I like variety, which is frustrating. But I've always been picky. I was afraid Pirates would be too much like Twentieth Century, broad comedy. But my….

Most of the comedies I've done have been rather farcical and extravagant..

Well, the whole trick to doing an independent film, is to keep great pace and momentum. You're shooting maybe three times as many scenes in one day t….

The technique's many benefits for actors include minimized tension, centeredness, vocal relaxation, and responsiveness, mind/body connection and abou….

I totally related to Cole Porter's magnetic pull to any piano that was in the room, which he was famous for doing, as was Gershwin. You couldn't drag….

I just don't think I'm a very good singer..

Lots of people fantasize about what it would be like if they were president... Most think they'd be decent and wouldn't be corrupted at all, that the….

It was all completely incomprehensible to me. I was fearful of the language. You had to look up every third word..

Ambition without contribution is of no significance..