I was very disappointed that so much of the work I did on The Haunted Mansion didn’t arrive in the final cut.

It’s not like you are a rock star and your freedom is infringed upon, but it’s just nice. Especially in the movies when you are working in the dark.

Peter Ustinov was the first really positive influence in my career. He was real and he bore witness to it. The things he said to you, he lived them.

A lot of young directors, they’re not confident; they’re not open to the emotional level of the scene.

From the age of about five to twelve I was very bad, a hideous little terror who beat people up. I was a member of the Rough Gang – we went around and terrorized all...

There is no more final end than death.

I wasn’t at all sure I could make that sort of leap into that sort of comic book reality.

The sport in Scouting is to find the good in every boy and develop it.

Physically, I couldn’t fold myself into a gray, invisible bank clerk. I just thought, It’s the most amazing part. It’s a pity that I’m wrong for it.

All actors are incredibly insecure.

Watch the mouth, it reveals what the eyes try to hide.

We all know that somebody did it, but how did they find the answer?

I work primarily for the camera-it’s not something I really talk about a lot, but it’s part of the way I am as a movie actor. The camera is my girl, as it were.

In Scouting, a boy is encouraged to educate himself instead of being instructed.

To work with a guy like Wyler early in your career was just an incredible thing, because he gave me an amazing amount of confidence.