Playing Shakespeare requires technique. You don't play a Bach toccata by getting in the mood..

But, I do think, on a very simplistic level, that we can project onto dogs because they are so innocent. They don't come with a lot of baggage..

When you have satire, it has to be real. No matter how outrageous the comedy becomes, you have to believe in the characters..

I never went to class. That the university graduated me at all is an indictment of our educational system..

Don't kiss a man who hasn't shaved..

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

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

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….

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….

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….

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….

I'm a real pushover for animals..

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

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

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….

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

Ambition without contribution is of no significance..

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

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

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

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….