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" Italy has changed. But Rome is Rome. "

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" It's important not to indicate. People don't try to show their feelings, they try to hide them. "

" I love to find new people. It's not for the sake of their being new; it's because if you find someone who perfectly fits a part, that's such a great thing. "

" I like to visit L.A., but I wouldn't want to live there. "

" The director respects what they've hired you for and chosen you for: to do the part and respect what you're doing. "

" When you make a drama, you spend all day beating a guy to death with a hammer, or what have you. Or, you have to take a bite out of somebody's face. On the other hand, with a comedy, you yell at Billy Crystal for an hour, and you go home. "

" I have so much respect for directors. It's a tremendous amount of pressure; you have to keep steadfast and keep what you know is right. "

" I think Hollywood has a class system. The actors are like the inmates, but the truth is they're running the asylum. "

" I spent lunchtime in a grave during the filming of 'Bloody Mama.' When you're younger, you feel that's what you need to do to help you stay in character. When you get older, you become more confident and less intense about it - and you can achieve the same effect. "

" You learned the two greatest thing in life, never rat on your friends, and always keep your mouth shut. "

" I didn't have a problem with rejection, because when you go into an audition, you're rejected already. There are hundreds of other actors. You're behind the eight ball when you go in there. "

" The talent is in the choices. "

" I always go back to how people behave. If you watch how people actually behave in a situation, it's very simple and honest and contained. You don't need to use as much expression, as much feeling. Some characters will boil over, and that's another thing, but a lot of times I think you can just do very, very little. "

" If it's the right chair, it doesn't take too long to get comfortable in it. "

" I mean, the actors that I admired were Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift, an actress named Barbara Harris. And Greta Garbo. They were great actors. "

" Money makes your life easier. If you're lucky to have it, you're lucky. "

" My definition of a good hotel is a place I'd stay at. "

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" I'm not a big football person at all. "

" I don't like to watch my own movies - I fall asleep in my own movies. "

" There is a certain combination of anarchy and discipline in the way I work. "

" Movies are hard work. The public doesn't see that. The critics don't see it. But they're a lot of work. A lot of work. "

" Time goes on. So whatever you're going to do, do it. Do it now. Don't wait. "

" I've never been one of those actors who has touted myself as a fascinating human being. I had to decide early on whether I was to be an actor or a personality. "

" Good directors can bring certain things out of you, with their intensity or gentleness or sensitivity or understanding. They can make an actor feel he can do no wrong. "

" One of the things about acting is it allows you to live other people's lives without having to pay the price. "

" I go to Paris, I go to London, I go to Rome, and I always say, 'There's no place like New York. It's the most exciting city in the world now. That's the way it is. That's it.' "

" You never know what you do that could be totally out of left field, which actually might work and give something fresh to the whole scene, to the character, whatever. If you have that with a director who then knows how to shape it, either in the direction, in the moment, or in the editing, then that's good. "

" There's nothing more ironic or contradictory than life itself. "

" My mother worked for a woman, Maria Ley-Piscator, who with her husband founded the Dramatic Workshop, which was connected to the New School. My mother did proofreading and typing and stuff or her, and as part of her payment, I was able to take acting classes there on Saturdays when I was 10. "