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" You draw on whatever's relevant to the part you're playing; it makes it more personal. "

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

" I think it's important to have had at least a few years of obscurity, where people treat you like everybody else. "

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

" 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. "

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

" Italy has changed. But Rome is Rome. "

" I always tell actors when they go in for an audition: Don't be afraid to do what your instincts tell you. You may not get the part, but people will take notice. "

" I'll work with a director if I think I'm going to get into a comfortable situation, and if it's someone I respect and who respects me, even if they're not so well known. Movies are hard to make, and you have to work toward a common ethic and do your best. "

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

" The talent is in the choices. "

" 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. "

" You'll have time to rest when you're dead. "

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

" 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.' "

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

" 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. "

" When I was 15, 16, I studied with Stella Adler at the Conservatory of Acting, then I stopped again and went to the Actors Studio when I was 18. "

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

" With 'Silver Linings,' I didn't feel - I was thinking of certain things, but I just said, 'Let me go with it.' You have to know what you're doing, where you're going with the scenes, and I put a lot of work into that. But when you're out there, at the same time you gotta be ready for anything. "

" I'm lucky that I have whatever I had that makes me have a successful career, if you will. "

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

" 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. "

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

" I don't get into these long-winded heavy discussions about character - do we do this or that or what. At the end of the day, what you gotta do is just go out there and do it. "

" The hardest thing about being famous is that people are always nice to you. "

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

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

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