I would like to direct.

I pretty much live about 10 minutes from my office. I have two kids, and I have about 8 projects that I’m working on, so I basically just get up and go to work, and...

The average comedian is kind of an observer looking at everyday things that everyone could relate to and then trying to find the exaggeration in those things.

My old drama coach used to say, ‘Don’t just do something, stand there.’ Gary Cooper wasn’t afraid to do nothing.

Doubt must be no more than vigilance, otherwise it can become dangerous.

Fame does lead to money, which I don’t have a close relationship with. I’m the kind of guy who never sees the money — it all goes somewhere else. I don’t understand it, I don’t...

The older you get the more you understand what you’re doing.

Sometimes in the most tragic situation, something just profoundly funny happens.

I started acting when I was in high school, started writing when I got to New York in 1975.

I’ve been trying to pick up painting but it’s hard.

The premise is simple: One economy and one environment, and they’re interdependent.

Success? You can’t get a big head about it. When people stare at me, they could be whispering to their friend, ‘That guy sucks! Have you seen him before? He’s horrible.’

If Beethoven and Bach hooked up with Mozart and made a band, they could be a distant runner up to The D.

Yeah, some of my college friends and I have been tinkering around for years, you know, just for fun.

We are going as fast as we can as soon as we can. We’re in a race against time, until we run out of money.

I’m an actor who they said was wrinkled and balding and everything else when I was in my early 30’s. Most of the people who wrote that who thought they were younger than me are...

I’m the guy who will eat something that looks nice when I’m out, but when I take it home in a doggie bag, it’ll sit in the back of my refrigerator until it starts to...

Trust and belief are two prime considerations. You must not allow yourself to be opinionated.

Well, obviously, as soon as I’d finished the script I read a lot of books on Winston Churchill, and started to gain weight and really prepare emotionally, mentally and physically for the role.

But then, I just decided to get off my lazy butt and take advantage of the L.A. weather.

Because if you have a strong foundation like we have, then you can build or rebuild anything on it. But if you’ve got a weak foundation you can’t build anything.

Thin people are beautiful, but fat people are adorable.

As I was coming up on the stage, there was one source that could make or break you, the New York Times. Inevitably there would be one actor singled out for a better review, or...