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..

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

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

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

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

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..

I see a steady downward slope toward oblivion over the next three years. I'm pessimistic. Everything that's happened to me so far has been kind of fl….

But you have to trust your instincts. Because you're not going to try it 20 different ways during rehearsal. You'll try it two or three different way….

It never ceases to surprise me, the people I get to work with. I'm in a French film with Sandrine Bonnaire? I adore Sandrine Bonnaire. I'm doing a pi….

Dogs do have feelings. I gather..

I've never felt completely satisfied with what I've done. I tend to see things too critically. I'm trying to get over that..