There's a hysterical, tired sense of humor that comes after working 14 hours a day, six days a week. I like those things because they take the pressure off the constant stress
In this industry, the new owners prefer to kill anything they weren't responsible for.
These days, you can do a TV series for five years and all of a sudden be on top of the business. Features don't even run in theaters very long anymore before going right to television.
I got to talking to an old actor, and he had a bunch of stories about the Rough Riders
Most of what gets made now, you laugh your way through, go home and forget you've seen it.
I like playing flawed characters, people who aren't perfect.
I remember seeing Bill Hurt in New York once. I talked to him on the phone around 1988 and that's about it. I was shooting in New York and somebody said Glenn Close came by the set
You can't think that you're playing a villain, or you'll end up with a cartoon. You have to think about him as a person and a hero.
I'm probably satisfied with my career 80 percent of the time
I was kind of confused. I thought, Well, if I get drafted, I'll go. Everybody was very concerned with it. I had friends who went. Some that came back and some that didn't
I wrote a script. I actually enjoyed writing it more than acting. It's about the Irish rebellion of 1920, which is a fascinating period and place for me
I have family obligations and all that stuff. I get my kids six weeks in the summer, which is a real intense period of time. I'm with them every minute of the day
I didn't know how to go about preparing for the part of someone who can't remember who he is. The frustration angle is written in, but there's also this incredible passive state
I guess if I weren't an actor, I'd be a history professor
Around mid-life everyone goes maniac a little bit.
This is all new to me, these re-releases. I don't know how these things do. I don't know if it will be people who saw it originally or young people
I don't think a director should have any kids. I don't even think it's good for your physical health. Even guys in their 30s look exhausted because directors never get enough sleep. What I do is stressful enough
Every other movie is one of those action things. I mean, 'Lost in Space'? A bunch of good actors running around shooting at special effects on a soundstage? I took my kids to see that and felt like I was on an acid trip.
Debra Winger doesn't let anything interfere with her performance, which is the way it should be
The Big Chill is one of those things that everybody can identify with. Between eight characters, they can pick somebody who's somewhat like them
Even my agents say, 'We don't know what this business is anymore.'
I came in on the tail end of the old school of Hollywood
While I was doing these plays in the beginning, I wasn't getting paid. I thought of it more as a hobby. Then I realized how seriously a lot of these people took what they were doing
I was so exhausted after fighting for the project for five years, shooting it was like the Bataan Death March
To people outside, they think, Gee, that's great. You get to go here and there. The other side of that is our expression, This is location, not vacation
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