While I was doing these plays in the beginning, I wasn't getting paid. I thought of it more as a hobby. Then I realized how seriously a lot of these ….

Even my agents say, 'We don't know what this business is anymore.'.

I like playing flawed characters, people who aren't perfect..

There's a hysterical, tired sense of humor that comes after working 14 hours a day, six days a week. I like those things because they take the pressu….

I came in on the tail end of the old school of Hollywood.

I wrote a script. I actually enjoyed writing it more than acting. It's about the Irish rebellion of 1920, which is a fascinating period and place for….

You can't think that you're playing a villain, or you'll end up with a cartoon. You have to think about him as a person and a hero..

The Big Chill is one of those things that everybody can identify with. Between eight characters, they can pick somebody who's somewhat like them.

I was kind of confused. I thought, Well, if I get drafted, I'll go. Everybody was very concerned with it. I had friends who went. Some that came back….

I have family obligations and all that stuff. I get my kids six weeks in the summer, which is a real intense period of time. I'm with them every minu….

I didn't know how to go about preparing for the part of someone who can't remember who he is. The frustration angle is written in, but there's also t….

Most of what gets made now, you laugh your way through, go home and forget you've seen it..

I'm probably satisfied with my career 80 percent of the time.

I feel more comfortable doing films with groups of guys. It's a lot easier for me. There's a difference with women: you can't take them to dinner eve….

I guess if I weren't an actor, I'd be a history professor.

These days, you can do a TV series for five years and all of a sudden be on top of the business. Features don't even run in theaters very long anymor….

I got to talking to an old actor, and he had a bunch of stories about the Rough Riders.

Debra Winger doesn't let anything interfere with her performance, which is the way it should be.

I remember seeing Bill Hurt in New York once. I talked to him on the phone around 1988 and that's about it. I was shooting in New York and somebody s….

Take characters that Nicholson or De Niro play: they're not always tough.

Every other movie is one of those action things. I mean, 'Lost in Space'? A bunch of good actors running around shooting at special effects on a soun….