“I love work because it keeps sex in perspective. Otherwise, it can become a preoccupation.”

[Oscar Wilde’s Salome screenplay] is not autobiographical in a sense where you go to my house and see my kids and stuff like that, but that’s why I guess it’s semi-autobiographical.

You’re talking to him and all of a sudden, you say, “He’s puttin’ that in his cash register!”

A kiss is a lusty dollop of dessert to be served with desire and savored with passion.

There are a couple of times I would’ve liked to have married. I think I made a mistake, especially once.

It was her way of getting out, and she would take me with her. I’d go home and act all the parts.

I’m sensing something and I’m going along with it. It reminds me of a painting, the way Jackson Pollack painted – Jackson Pollack, the great, great artist.

Either I act or I die.

I am more alive in the theater than anywhere else, but what I take into the theater I get from the streets.

The thing that can get you a little upset is when people say other people are better than you. That can bug you.

Whether he’s doing great acting or not, you’re seeing somebody who is in the tradition of a great actor.

Pretty soon I’ll start worrying about [my fame] because [my children] carry my name and they have that exposure.

It turned out that time doesn’t heal the wound , but in its so merciful way , blunts the edges ever so slightly

It had a tremendous influence on my becoming an actor.

I didn’t want anything written about me. Then, you know, things happen, finally it’s OK and I trust Larry. Nothing about it is salacious in any way.

I had it on scraps of paper and the maid threw it out.

At one point he took the robes he was wearing and just started flipping them up in the air, out of nowhere. And later, an actor said to him.

But it’s become very clear the past nine years that some Americans truly resent thinking before they speak.

With trials, you become wiser.

In the book, D’Artagnan doesn’t actually become an official Musketeer until quite near the end.

Then to ignore technology is to become obsolete.

The Iranians know what they need to do in order to become a responsible member of the international community and in order to become a good neighbor, and it’s really up to them to change their behavior.

When you get a little older, you’ll see how easy it is to become lured by the female of the species.

That become celebrities or become really successful in what they do because they believe in who they are.

The more you tour, the better the band gets, and you get caught up in a lot more things than just traveling. It becomes a way to survive.