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

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.

Funny things happen to you in movies for silly reasons.

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.

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.

Acting is not a competition; everything must be done for the good of the film or else everybody loses.

Be patient. Of course, it will come. It took me years to get an Oscar.

I felt a tremendous sadness for men who can't deal with a woman of their own age.

Anyone can write. But comedy, you've got to do some writing. You get one comedy script for every 20 dramas.

I've had such a great time, I'd like to come back as me - and do it all over again.

Theater acting is an operation with a scalpel, movie acting is an operation with a laser

I did everything. I ran my life exactly as I wanted to, all the time. I never listened to anybody. I'm pig-headed.