I was never a part of the Actor’s Studio, because two friends of mine started it in 1947 and by that time I’d gone to California.

I wanted to be an actor when I was a kid.

But since I’m single, it’s nice to get a kiss where I can.

Names are what people sometimes use to excuse their thoughts and actions towards you.

Everybody else has been seen, been proven.

Whatever labels are being pinned on me have nothing to do with me.

If bad decorating was a hanging offense, there’d be bodies hanging from every tree!

I want to make movies that people talk about when they leave the theater, that aren’t clear-cut, but effective and fulfilling in some sense.

Happiness has a bad rap. People say it shouldn’t be your goal in life. Oh, yes it should.

Are you intimidated by me? Because if you’re intimidated by me, that’s something you’ll have to deal with.

As a dad, he thinks that his philosophy is morally correct. He has no conscience whatsoever about letting his kids put a penny in a light socket to find out electricity is not so good...

I knew Henry Fonda was my father, but I didn’t know who I was. They all thought of me as Henry Fonda’s son. Unfortunately for them, they never got to know me.

Lennon was not very fond of me. Lennon didn’t like to be around somebody else who was likely to be the center of attention and didn’t like being on deck with somebody who was intellectually...

I do like any kind of project that has both comedy and drama in it because in life you don’t have one day where everything is funny then the next day everything is dramatic.

November is Jewish book month, so Jewish Community Centers all around the country have book fairs where they invite authors and sell books in advance of the holidays.

Our deal always was that we did one as scripted always, we got it like we thought we needed – so we were all happy with it as written. Then I’d let him play as...

I love it: The push and pull, the constant renegotiating of morals, ethics, what to do, how to live… All of us stuck here together trying to sort it all out. It’s fun. It can...

It’s easy to write a good column if you’ve got good information. It’s hard if you have to depend on style alone. I suppose there are people who can get away with styling on a...

I don’t do comedy so much although I would like to do a comedy.

Rural towns aren’t always idyllic. It’s easy to feel trapped and be aware of social hypocrisy.

When people tell you they saw your last picture – well, the way they say it sounds like they hope it was.

I’ve never met a genius. A genius to me is someone who does well at something he hates. Anybody can do well at something he loves – it’s just a question of finding the subject.

My biggest regret in life is that I didn’t hit John Denver in the mouth while I has the chance.

I’m really into whatever comes my way, really, and never plan what I want to do, but I’ll always take a part that makes me feel good.

I learned to discipline myself to do things I didn’t want to do.

The fact that that’s the difference between Mexicans and Cubans is pronounced. It’s so immediately recognizable, the way a Cuban speaks, the way a Cuban moves the hands.

I do write about people who are complex and are striving with something and can’t quite get past their own stuff, which would be a proxy for myself because that’s what the deal is with...

It is more difficult to work on the streets and it is also very exciting to be there… I find sometimes that it makes you prepare a little harder.

I like normal stuff people fear – like spiders and heights. I’m frightened by the unknown, by things that are hard to figure out and get a grip on.

I lost interest in firearms because we had a dog that was scared to death of the sound of a rifle shot.

It did not feel like something that was going to take over my life and destroy it. It felt like a subtle flower instead of a manipulative demon. That’s the mystery of heroin.

Rescuing animals is the only way to go.

No one could have nicer sisters. No sibling problems there.

I don’t have any fear of intimacy, but rather thrive on it, which is rare in a public person.

I’m the last guy in the world to feel overlooked by the Academy.

It pisses me off, people are idiots, but what are you going to do? The world is full of idiots. That’s why we’ll never have flying cars. People don’t know how to drive.

To my way of thinking, an actor’s course is set even before he’s out of the cradle.

Warren Beatty has always acted like a Movie Star even when no one knew who he was.

I mean, you don’t go into a game to lose but to win and when you don’t, it’s upsetting. But if you played well, then you should be happy.

I remember fear and I remember the potential of nuclear war.

A Jedi uses the Force for knowledge and defense, never for attack.

Critics can be your most important friend. I don’t read criticism of my stuff only because when it’s bad, it’s rough-and when it’s good, it’s not good enough.

When the facilities of the government of the United States are drawn on an individual, it can be terrifying.

I had a teacher in art school who said something about the only works he really enjoyed seeing or found much in were works where he had a sense that a discovery was made in...

I had opportunities to be in stage productions during the school year that she wouldn’t let me do, but during the summer she gave her approval.

High energy creates more energy, more energy, more energy. It kicks off synapses, I guess. It opens up your brain and you think of one thing after another thing, after another. You can really open...

When I was on that boat, I realized the only way I would feel creatively challenged was if I totally changed everything about my environment and put myself in a storm, in a sense.

I don’t mind if somebody comes up to me and shakes my hand, but if I’m in the middle of a restaurant and somebody asks me for a picture, I can be a jerk and...

Many women long for what eludes them, and like not what is offered them.

He whom all hate all wish to see destroyed.