I'm all over the place. As you may have seen from the credits, I write with everybody.

To be able to play somebody that says and does pretty much whatever he wants is great.

I just keep working on things I like, and hope for the best. I hope people enjoy them.

The stage is a routine. It keeps you grounded, like a metronome. I find that soothing.

The actor needs to find out what the basic fight is in every character in every scene.

It's always fun when you don't have to trot your stuff out, especially as a young guy.

Having a kid is like falling in love for the first time when you're 12, but every day.

I hate the word homophobia. It's not a phobia. You are not scared. You are an asshole.

I have four children and nine grandchildren. I'm presently wearing out my second wife.

My momma didn't clean up floors so I could be a thug... so I could wear my pants down.

I had parents in the business and they made sure that the art was the biggest concern.

What about Broadway? Yes, I'm involved with a new musical based on 'The Adams Family.'

I think that reality TV is so bad. It is a tool by the media to not make people think.

When you have twin four-year-olds, you are able to dance like a fool, often. And I do.

It's a very special thing when you go and get to work with your best friend every day.

I'm always pleased that I managed to stay out of jail throughout my tenure in Chicago.

Wouldn't the world be a cleaner place if we gave blind people brooms instead of canes?

My dad lives in Sicily, so I'm half Italian and half Irish - it's a fiery combination.

I remember the 'Scary Movie' series coming out for sure, and I was a big fan of those.

My mother was a dancer, so I like to use the body as part of the instrument of acting.

Children, to me, are of the utmost importance. They're really the future, aren't they?

I've never heard of the wife looking up the mistress to become friends, but I like it.

When people accept breaking the law as normal, something happens to the whole society.

I don't regard my career as something so precious that it comes before my convictions.

I became sort of an aficionado on the Valentino pajamas, because I like those so much.

I've had bad luck with both my wives. The first one left me and the second one didn't.

Yesterday was the first day of the rest of your life . . . and you messed it up again.

The only way one can guarantee one's loyalty is love. Loyalty is beyond logic, really.

I did a movie called 'American Splendor', based on the comic book writer Harvey Pekar.

What could be better than to hold your hand out to people less fortunate than you are?

Men experience many passions in a lifetime. One passion drives away the one before it.

I'm the person with the final say on everything. I really love being in that position.

I feel the only way I'm going to be successful in moving on is if I keep a separation.

It made me proud to know I'd join a long gallery of actors covered in blood in movies.

Sometimes the hurdles aren't really hurdles at all. They're welcome challenges, tests.

I think you always win in storytelling when you let the best creative ideas guide you.

I've had very bleak experiences in hospitals, but they were also sometimes very funny.

The garden of Eden was a boggy swamp just south of Croydon. You can see it over there.

When you break the rules and you win, you're a hero; when you lose, you're scurrilous.

I don't know what the future holds. I just try to do roles that I haven't done before.

Whether it's on top of a phone booth or a $200 million soundstage, it's about stories.

Metro was really a star-builder, no doubt about that. You were wrapped in cotton wool.

The French and the British are such good enemies that they can't resist being friends.

My religious philosophy is kindness. Try to be kind. That's something worth achieving.

Being an actor in Hollywood involves lots of things beyond acting. Charm really helps.

Dealing with death is there forever, really, you know, because we all have to face it.

I think if Roman Polanski had asked me to do the phone book, I would have said, 'Yes.'

Ridicule is also a weapon against forces of evil. Really clever, intelligent ridicule.

There's little that compares with the thrill of a hit major motion picture experience.

Acting is a strange business; one day it's there, and the next day nowhere to be seen.

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