If you look at yourself as a star, you've already lost something in the portrayal of any human being.
I'm disappointed that success hasn't been a Himalayan feeling.
I don't see myself as a violent guy.
I write in the morning from about eight till noon, and sometimes again a bit in the afternoon. In the morning I start off by going over what I had done the previous day, which my wife has happily typed up for me.
Nothing counts so much as family, the rest are just strangers. (As nicholas earpp in wyatt earp, 1994)
I was trained to be an actor, not a star. I was trained to play roles, not to deal with fame and agents and lawyers and the press.
If I start to become a star, I'll lose contact with the normal guys I play best.
The difference between a hero and a coward is one step sideways.
I do not like assassins, or men of low character.
I'm not a sentimental guy.
I have trouble with direction, because I have trouble with authority. I was not a good Marine.
My early days in Broadway were all comedies. I never did a straight play on Broadway.
Hollywood loves to typecast, and I guess they saw me as a violent guy.
I left home when I was 16 because I was looking for adventure.
I don't like to talk about myself that much.
Dysfunctional families have sired a number of pretty good actors.
