"I called this doctor who was taking care of Rock Hudson. He said: ‘Do you have to kiss the actor?’ I said: ‘Yeah, it’…"

"Stick with it, be who you are. It’s going to be tough…But it’s also going to be beautiful."

"I had to find out the psychology [of the Emcee] and who he was off stage so that hopefully I could bring that biograp…"

"People have often asked me, "If you weren’t in show business, what would you be doing?" The truth is, I don’t think t…"

"When you get to a certain age, it's kind of the same thing. There's no new school to go to, no new teachers. There's …"

"A great director is someone who makes you feel like you're moving forward."

"The first time I remember women reacting to me was when we were filming Hud in Texas. Women were literally trying to …"

"I was always a character actor. I just looked like Little Red Riding Hood."

"I was terrorized by the emotional requirements of being an actor. Acting is like letting your pants down; you're expo…"

"I had no natural gift to be anything — not an athlete, not an actor, not a writer, not a director, a painter of garde…"