Cary Grant is really the master of not taking himself so seriously.
Our hubris needs to be downsized, thinking that profiteering on Earth, on whatever level - environmentally, economically, culturally - is unlimited and everybody should get as much as he wants or she wants. Humans need to be shrunk again to their actual size.
Ten flashing lights are a nuisance but 500 are fantastic.
As a motivation in itself, celebrity is foolhardy and stupid.
I've done so many jobs because I've had to, not because I've wanted to. And it's honourable to do a job because you need to feed your children, and maybe there is also something in it for your development as an actor. But only up to a point.
You get hit over the knuckles enough, you don't stick them out anymore.
It would be completely laughable if I claimed I was always motivated by the pure craft of acting and that recognition doesn't play a part. Of course it does - that's human nature.
It's easy to not feel misplaced if this tidal wave of appreciation is coming your way.
It's a misconception that you don't have seasons in southern California. They are just very subtle. The vegetation is very different. Plants react differently. You just have to be a little more observant.
You see, my version of why anyone would want to become an actor is that it's some psychological fixation, something that happened in puberty that you didn't outgrow in time, which is normal. Nevertheless, if you make it a profession, it can be really neurotic.
It's not the number of trucks parked outside that make a movie interesting but if you have more money, you have more time. More time enables you to try out other possibilities or follow an interesting lead. I don't like indulgence, but to have more possibilities is always more interesting.
It took me a lot of times watching it that I started to appreciate 'Pulp Fiction.'
My agent is the quickest, sharpest man on earth.
Stephen Sondheim I am in awe of.
I think Stephen Sondheim is a - and I hardly ever use this word - but this is as close as it gets to a genius.
The thing about 'Spectre' is that it is not the work of hack writers. It does not have a hack director. The actors are not hams.
I've always been able to work as an actor and support my family and did great jobs, and more often than not, I got to turn down jobs that I didn't really want to do for various reasons or refuse to work with people I didn't like - and there are quite a few.
