Everybody has to be a little lucky, I think.

I come from a show-business family, so wanting to become an actor never crossed my mind. It was just a part of my life.

When you're onstage and you know you're bombing, that's very, very scary. Because you know you gotta keep going - you're bombing, but you can't stop.

In rehearsal you have a good accident that you can repeat.In the movies if you have a good accident you hope the camera's running.

Well, you know what they say. A bullet always tells the truth.

I make movies that nobody will see. I've made movies that even I have never seen.

I don't need to be made to look evil. I can do that on my own.

I don't even like holding them. Whenever I hold a gun, I want to get it out of my hand as quick as possible.

It's impossible for me to play a part without thinking about the audience.

The minute I start to talk about acting, I realize that I can't. You know, it's an abstract thing, a little bit mysterious even if you do it for a living.

Emotional power is maybe the most valuable thing that an actor can have.

Onstage I have a natural chutzpa that audiences like. I'm out there.

An actor really is a kind of intermediary between an audience and the piece, whether it's a play or movie.

People think that my favorite roles to do are villains, but I find comedy to be the most challenging and rewarding.

Obvious things like The Deer Hunter. After that happened, the scripts got better. Opportunities happened.

Guns make me very nervous. They're dangerous. I'm more of a pacifist than anyone could imagine.

I remember from when I use to be a dancer, there is an expression among dancers, I had a T-shirt that said: SHUT UP AND DANCE.

Well, I don't play heroes obviously. I never played the guy who gets the girl. It might be interesting to do a part where I was a father in a functional family.

I've been married for 46 years, and I live in a nice house, my grass is always cut, I pay my bills, and my cat loves me!