I came to New York in 1962 and it began to look like I might he able to make a living in 1972..

Good directors say, Here's where the play is. They stand by the heart of the matter. Some of them stand beside it..

The bad guys dont always get punished and the good guys are not necessarily pure..

I played Lucky in Waiting for Godot at Yale and it was a thing that Stanislavski talks about: he says you don't need his 'method' if you can count on….

In order to continue to do interesting work, you need to be...proceeding..

Separation is painful, and there's such a thing as doing it too much - the limits are how much it hurts..

I dont think playing a villain is my greatest talent..

If you're not moving forward, you're falling back..

I literally was saved by a role, from becoming a cab driver. I never did have to wait tables, though, so looking back I guess I had it pretty soft..

Painting is very interesting..

I got a note from my father, who said that Success is wonderful, if you don't inhale. That was his own aphorism, and I think it's the very best thing….

We're paid to care. That's what actors get their money for. But the main goal is not for the actors to be frustrated at the end of the show, but for ….

If I have to be typecast, I'd like it to be as Abraham Lincoln..

That's where I'd like to be: when the business says here's a good actor who is marketable so we can use him. Just that..

I enjoy listening to opera at home, occasionally, but I would much rather see it than just listen to it..

The virtue of the country is that it makes you thirsty for the city..

I've always done what I thought was good if I could live on what they were offering-and sometimes if I couldn't. So even when I was broke, my career ….

As for lawyers, it's more fun to play one than to be one..

I'm too old to be governed by fear of dumb people..

There is no problem that is not improved by effort, and no effort that is too paltry to be worth undertaking..

I think people have some control over what they want; there's a relationship - maybe not automatic - between what you want and get..