Funny things happen to you in movies for silly reasons.

I'm a frustrated stand-up comic. If you hand me a microphone and I get one laugh, then I'll go on for 20 minutes.

I'm the audience's representative on earth.

I'm not in the Lifetime Achievement area yet-I'm still battling it out in the trenches.

About Superman and Batman: the former is how America views itself, the latter, darker character is how the rest of the world views America.

I've always loved reprehensible people because they're so much more interesting to play on screen.

I read books like mad, but I am careful to to let anything I read influence me.

This is your life, Larry. Learn to enjoy what you've got.

I prefer to remake flops. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels was a remake of a flop, and The Quiet American is a remake of a flop.

English is clipped in speech. Texas is exactly the opposite.

You don't sacrifice your individuality; you sacrifice a lot of freedom.

The old guys like me started in the theatre. I was in the theatre for nine years.

I have a knack of making villainous people a little bit sympathetic, a bit of fun on screen.

You can't get blase about something you haven't done yet.

I've never been out with a married woman, never. I respect others' properties.

I see myself as 38, but you don't notice it.

I usually control the environment I'm in, but my control is very quiet and subtle.

If you're a movie actor, you're on your own - you cannot control the stage. The director controls it.

There's only two things I hate in this world. People who are intolerant of other people's cultures and the Dutch.