Most acting today on television is like a locomotive on a track. Everybody knows what they are doing. The problem of writing today is everyone sounds….

Playing a drunk doesn't mean being a drunk, only bad actors try to be drunk. A real drunk tries to be sober, he wants another drink. How a character ….

The actor has to have some degree of craft, along with the talent. No one tries to laugh except bad actors. No one tries to cry except bad actors. Ho….

I always treat each take as a rehearsal for the next take. That way you can find stuff and keep adding and playing until they tell me to stop.

I did theatrical caricatures..

If you don't trust yourself, you won't trust others. You make a choice and see where it goes..

Doubt is a very important trait. Out of doubt comes thinking, decisions, choices. We learn stuff. We learn to make mistakes. Or not to..

Bad guys don't think they're bad guys. Hitler probably thought he was a wonderful guy doing some wonderful and righteous work for Germany..

The real good comedians, like Chaplin, would make you laugh and a second later, cry.

A good director creates a playground for actors, and lets them go. The trick for a good director is in casting properly, and creating the playroom, a….

Everything that has happened to me is of value to me. As painful as certain things are, and have been, and were, there's a use for those things in my….

I'm very proud of Space 1999. Its success paved the way for other sci-fi shows to follow. My hope is that the DVD release will help it reach a new ge….

People are in denial all the time, hiding things. If I tell you a racist or dirty joke and you laugh, you're telling me something about yourself, whi….

If it bothers me on the page, I don't do it. If it attracts me on the page and moves me, makes me think a bit, makes me laugh, makes me cry, I'm inte….

An awful lot of actors who are considered very good actors are not very good actors. There are people who just strike gold, they have intrinsic talen….

What can I do to help? I am asking my senator to support political action to end hunger in the greatest country on this planet..

God is a luxury I can't afford..

I try to never repeat a character. I always try to find something new and fresh and interesting that inspires me..

Any good director creates a playground. That's what they do. They hire the right actor, open the door and let them play because stuff will happen, ri….

It's OK to be wrong. You learn from your wrongs. You don't learn from being right. If you're right, you already know it. If you're wrong, it's becaus….

It's better to live as your own man, than as a fool in someone else's dream..