The only thing in life that’s really interesting is the contest. We are all contestants–whether we admit it or not. If I read 20 pages of a book and they’re no good, I put it...

[To actor Strother Martin] You know, as character actors we play all kinds of sex psychos, nuts, creeps, perverts, and weirdos. And we laugh it off, saying what the hell it’s just a character. But...

Now that I think I know what I’m doing, I’m scared. Before this, I just didn’t know any better.

In the movies you get even; in life, diplomacy is best.

I know my career is going badly because I’m being quoted correctly.